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Fries's Rebellion : the enduring struggle for the American Revolution /

In 1798, the federal government levied its first direct tax on American citizens, one that seemed to favor land speculators over farmers. In eastern Pennsylvania, the tax assessors were largely Quakers and Moravians who had abstained from Revolutionary participation and were recruited by the adminis...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Newman, Paul Douglas
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2004.
Colección:UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Prologue: "The Constitution Sacred, No Gagg Laws, Liberty or Death"
  • Chapter 1. Liberty
  • Chapter 2. Order
  • Chapter 3. Resistance
  • Chapter 4. Rebellion
  • Chapter 5. Repression
  • Chapter 6. Injustice
  • Epilogue: Die Zeiten von '99
  • Notes
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments