Oh, it was very colorful, much upheaval. Affinities and disaffections were formed then that reverberate to this day.
I agree of course. But everything I learned about this period I learned on my own after leaving school.
For instance, I was surprised to learn that New Englanders never burned witches. They hanged ‘em. And that MA quite quickly repented and apologized for the Salem incident.
And even more surprised that New York (that haven of truth and reason) burned many people alive in the aftermath of a purported slave rebellion.
Not what you think of when you think of New York City.