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The Whiskey Rebellion : frontier epilogue to the American Revolution /
When President George Washington ordered an army of 13,000 men to march west in 1794 to crush a tax rebellion among frontier farmers, he established a range of precedents that continues to define federal authority over localities today. The "Whiskey Rebellion" marked the first large-scale...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
1986.
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| Colección: | Oxford University Press paperback.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | When President George Washington ordered an army of 13,000 men to march west in 1794 to crush a tax rebellion among frontier farmers, he established a range of precedents that continues to define federal authority over localities today. The "Whiskey Rebellion" marked the first large-scale resistance to a law of the U.S. government under the Constitution. This classic confrontation between champions of liberty and defenders of order was long considered the most significant event in the first quarter-century of the new nation. Thomas P. Slaughter recaptures the historical drama and sig |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (291 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-278) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0199771871 9780199771875 1283427125 9781283427128 9786613427120 6613427128 0199923353 9780199923359 |