College tuition fees have increased 12 fold since 1978, according to Bloomberg, who notes that this growth rate is four tiems faster than the increase in the consumer price index. For comparison, medical expenses have climbed by 601 percent, while food prices have risen 244 percent.he Huffington Post notes that earlier this year, the AP reported that the average tuition at a four-year public university had increased 15 percent between 2008 and 2010, most likely because of state budget cuts. Private universities have also seen a significant price increase.
The Whiskey Rebellion, also known as the Whiskey Insurrection, was a tax protest in the United States beginning in 1791, during the presidency of George Washington. The so-called whiskey tax was the first tax imposed on a domestic product by the newly formed federal government.
A group of protestors, led by Revolutionary War veteran Daniel Shays, began a 6 month rebellion by taking over the Court of Common Pleas in Northampton; the goal was to prevent the trial and imprisonment of debt-ridden citizens.James Bowdoin, the governor of Massachusetts, was clearly in the latter group.hays' Rebellion. The modern day Northampton courthouse, built in 1884 on the same site as the courthouse where Shays' Rebellion occurred. The crisis of the 1780s was most intense in the rural and relatively newly settled areas of central and western Massachusetts.