Segment from Paying Up Listener Call 1 The Backstory hosts field a listener call about the founders and the income tax. Rewind 15 seconds Play Fast-forward 15 seconds 00:00:00 / 00:00:00 Mute See Share options All segments from Paying Up Patrick Henry Host Peter Onuf travels to Colonial Williamsburg to interview “Patrick Henry” about his role in the Stamp Act rebellion of 1765. 00:09:28 On the Cheap The Backstory hosts discuss the ways that the tax system in Early America hid many of the costs of national development. 00:03:38 Nullification Crisis Peter Onuf gives a primer on the 19th century protective tariff, and Ed Ayers explains why the South hated it so much. 00:04:28 Tariff Values = Family Values Host Ed Ayers speaks with historian Rebecca Edwards about how both Republicans and Democrats argued about the tariff in the terms of domesticity. 00:07:28 Current segment Listener Call 1 The Backstory hosts field a listener call about the founders and the income tax. 00:07:03 Listener Calls 2 and 3 More listener calls about the history of taxation in America. 00:12:45 Taxes in War & Peace Host Brian Balogh talks about why Americans gladly paid high taxes after WWII, but soured on taxes in the 70s and 80s. 00:05:00 Web Extra: Patrick Henry, Uncut! Listen to our special web-only version of Peter’s probing conversation with radical patriot leader Patrick Henry (with a little help from Colonial Williamsburg interpreter Richard Schumann… ) What you need to know about this interview: It takes place in 1765, obviously! Several months ago, Britain’s parliament passed the Stamp Act, effectively imposing a new direct tax on any American colonist involved with printing of any kind. Patrick Henry, just elected to the House of Burgesses, has reacted by authoring a set of resolves denouncing the Stamp Act in no uncertain language. Listen on for more… 00:16:10