> What happened was unprecedented political violence... Well, there were the little matters of the American Revolutionary War and the American Civil War. And a

> What happened was unprecedented political violence... Well, there were the little matters of the American Revolutionary War and the American Civil War. And a few others of varying scope in this incomplete list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rebellions_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rebellions_in_the_Unit... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newburgh_Conspiracy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newburgh_Conspiracy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_Plot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_Plot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooks%E2%80%93Baxter_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooks%E2%80%93Baxter_War (This isn't to disagree with you; or to downplay the seriousness or support the events of the sixth.) Edit: List formatting