Massachusetts in the Rebellion
Author | : Phineas Camp Headley |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 750 |
Release | : 1866 |
Genre | : Massachusetts |
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Author | : Phineas Camp Headley |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 750 |
Release | : 1866 |
Genre | : Massachusetts |
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Author | : George Richards Minot |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 1788 |
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Author | : George Richards Minot |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 1788 |
Genre | : Shays' Rebellion, 1786-1787 |
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Author | : George Richards Minot |
Publisher | : Boston : J.W. Burditt |
Total Pages | : 202 |
Release | : 1810 |
Genre | : Massachusetts |
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Author | : Leonard L. Richards |
Publisher | : University of Pennsylvania Press |
Total Pages | : 215 |
Release | : 2014-11-29 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0812203194 |
During the bitter winter of 1786-87, Daniel Shays, a modest farmer and Revolutionary War veteran, and his compatriot Luke Day led an unsuccessful armed rebellion against the state of Massachusetts. Their desperate struggle was fueled by the injustice of a regressive tax system and a conservative state government that seemed no better than British colonial rule. But despite the immediate failure of this local call-to-arms in the Massachusetts countryside, the event fundamentally altered the course of American history. Shays and his army of four thousand rebels so shocked the young nation's governing elite—even drawing the retired General George Washington back into the service of his country—that ultimately the Articles of Confederation were discarded in favor of a new constitution, the very document that has guided the nation for more than two hundred years, and brought closure to the American Revolution. The importance of Shays's Rebellion has never been fully appreciated, chiefly because Shays and his followers have always been viewed as a small group of poor farmers and debtors protesting local civil authority. In Shays's Rebellion: The American Revolution's Final Battle, Leonard Richards reveals that this perception is misleading, that the rebellion was much more widespread than previously thought, and that the participants and their supporters actually represented whole communities—the wealthy and the poor, the influential and the weak, even members of some of the best Massachusetts families. Through careful examination of contemporary records, including a long-neglected but invaluable list of the participants, Richards provides a clear picture of the insurgency, capturing the spirit of the rebellion, the reasons for the revolt, and its long-term impact on the participants, the state of Massachusetts, and the nation as a whole. Shays's Rebellion, though seemingly a local affair, was the revolution that gave rise to modern American democracy.
Author | : George Richards Minot |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 1971 |
Genre | : Shays' Rebellion, 1786-1787 |
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Author | : George Richards 1758-1802 Minot |
Publisher | : Legare Street Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2023-07-18 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781019749609 |
This book details the events leading up to and during Shays' Rebellion, an armed uprising in Massachusetts in 1786-1787 primarily led by impoverished farmers against the state government's debt collection and property seizure practices. The author, a witness to the rebellion, provides a thorough account of the causes, events, and aftermath of the rebellion. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author | : Robert A. Gross |
Publisher | : University of Virginia Press |
Total Pages | : 444 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780813913544 |
In Debt to Shays takes a fresh perspective on the rebellion by challenging existing understandings of late eighteenth-century America and restoring the rebellion to its historical context
Author | : B. A. Hoena |
Publisher | : Capstone |
Total Pages | : 33 |
Release | : 2022 |
Genre | : Shays' Rebellion, 1786-1787 |
ISBN | : 1666323055 |
"In 1786, the Massachusetts government was seizing farmers' lands and throwing them in jail for unpaid debts and taxes. But many people couldn't pay because they had not yet been paid for fighting in the Revolutionary War just a few years before. Frustrated by this treatment, Daniel Shay led upset citizens in an armed revolt. Although their rebellion was short lived, it made clear to America's leaders that the young nation needed to change its laws, paving the way for the creation of the U.S. Constitution"--
Author | : P. C. Cn Headley |
Publisher | : Sagwan Press |
Total Pages | : 748 |
Release | : 2018-02-06 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781376800586 |
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