it is an enterprise which the then royal in message in the massachusetts bay colony supports and then immediately reverses his position on and writes to london and says you must shut down this venture or it's going to topple the new england, it's going to topple the government because it's too much of a people's effort. and parliament immediately moves to shut down the bank. and in doing so, the directors of the bank, including father who's bankrupted in the shuffle. i have a hard time. and this is while is getting his master's degree at harvard. it's very difficult to divorce moment where the family's fortunes virtually overnight from adams's later activities. he will spend a great deal of the next decade more than a decade trying to fend the sheriff who attempts to repossess his father's house after his father's death. because adams himself is then liable for the debts. and so there is this kind of wonderful irony that he's, you know, fighting off the he's fighting off these huge debts at a time when america is being further taxed and the colonies are being further taxed. but it doe

nick: the first thanksgiving story is -- begins with the pequot massacre by members of the massachusetts bay colony, which really marks sort of -- in my opinion, marks sort of the mythology of the united states as a settler-colonial country founded on sort of genocide to create, ironically, peace. and then i begin with another story of a prayer march that we led in the bismarck mall in bismarck, north dakota, to kind of bring attention to the standing rock struggle during a black friday shopping event, which was met by police armed with ar-15's, who then began punching and kicking water protectors who were holding a prayer in the bismarck mall. and i thought it was a really kind of jarring sort of contrast between, you know, the past and the present, to say that while there are sort of differences between the massacre of pequots in massachusetts to the contemporary sort of fight against an oil pipeline, nonetheless, you know, bismarck, north dakota, is 90% white community that originally the dakota access pipeline was supposed to go upriver from, but then was rerouted downriver to disproportionatel

so, the first thanksgiving story is -- begins with the pequot massacre by members of the massachusetts bay colonypinion, marks sort of the mythology of the united states as a settler-colonial country founded on sort of genocide to create, ironically, peace. amy: our history is the future.

so, the first thanksgiving story is -- begins with the pequot massacre by members of the massachusetts bay colonyreally marks sort of -- in my opinion, marks sort of the mythology of the united states as a settler-colonial country founded on sort of genocide to create, ironically, peace. amy: our history is the future.

he was right there in the star, chamber watching that before he comes to the massachusetts bay colony. i think i'm speaking kind of, where would i best get at the early history of roger williams? i wouldn't go to the mayflower compact, in my understanding. i would start there. oh >> i was going to say, the mayflower compact was never a legally binding form of governance. how it initiated a civil politic, big but it remained to construct the government and its legal foundation. so, the 16 40s, the liberties, that's when they begin to set forth the terms of the relationship, legally speaking. that has more to do with the roger williams and the mayflower compact as. >> i've a question here from our onsite audience, it's a big one. for bill mcclay up. are there historic examples of civilization surviving and recovering from an elite that hates the civilization? >> this is a little too targeted. i don't know if i'd call that i had acted question. >> it's got some punch to it. >> the part about the elite that hits at civilization is a little difficult to respond to. but i think that one of

he was right there in the star chamber watching some of that before he comes to the massachusetts bay colony, and i think i'm speaking kind of where would i best get at the early history of roger williams? i wouldn't go to the mayflower compact in my understanding i would start there. think that's right. yeah, right you go ahead. i was going to say it's important to remember the mayflower compact was never a legally binding form of government. it initiated a civil party, but it remained to construct the government and its legal foundation. so by 16 1640s the body of liberties is when they begin to setting whole set for the terms of relationship. politically speaking. that has more to do with what the williams of the mayflower compact does. i got a question here from our on-site audience. it's a big one for bill mcclay. are there historic examples of a civilization surviving and recovering from an elite that hates? the civilization is a little too targeted. it's got some punch to it. well love i i the part about the relief that hates its civilization hits it little difficult to to respond to

it is an enterprise which the then royal in message in the massachusetts bay colony supports and thenimmediately reverses his position on and writes to london and says you must shut down this venture or it's going to topple the new england, it's going to topple the government because it's too much of a people's effort. and parliament immediately moves to shut down the bank. and in doing so, the directors of the bank, including father who's bankrupted in the shuffle. i have a hard time. and this is while is getting his master's degree at harvard. it's very difficult to divorce moment where the family's fortunes virtually overnight from adams's later activities. he will spend a great deal of the next decade more than a decade trying to fend the sheriff who attempts to repossess his father's house after his father's death. because adams himself is then liable for the debts. and so there is this kind of wonderful irony that he's, you know, fighting off the he's fighting off these huge debts at a time when america is being further taxed and the colonies are being further taxed. but it does