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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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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Newman, Paul Douglas
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2004.
Collection:UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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