Fries's Rebellion : The Enduring Struggle for the American Revolution /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Newman, Paul Douglas
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2004.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Fries, John, > approximately 1750-1818.
Fries, John, > ca. 1750-1818.
Rebellion de Fries, 1798-1799.
HISTORY > United States > Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
Fries Rebellion, 1798-1799.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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

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