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Shays's Rebellion : The American Revolution's Final Battle by Leonard L. Richards (2003, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN-100812218701
ISBN-139780812218701
eBay Product ID (ePID)2708327
Product Key Features
Number of Pages216 Pages
Publication NameShays's Rebellion : the American Revolution's Final Battle
LanguageEnglish
SubjectUnited States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
Publication Year2003
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaHistory
AuthorLeonard L. Richards
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight12.3 Oz
Item Length8.9 in
Item Width5.9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2001-058417
Dewey Edition22
Reviews"Serves a valuable purpose by fleshing out a crucial period when the fate of the American democratic experiment hung in the balance."-- American History, "Serves a valuable purpose by fleshing out a crucial period when the fate of the American democratic experiment hung in the balance."- American History, "Serves a valuable purpose by fleshing out a crucial period when the fate of the American democratic experiment hung in the balance."--American History, Serves a valuable purpose by fleshing out a crucial period when the fate of the American democratic experiment hung in the balance.
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal974.403
Table Of ContentPreface Prologue 1. Defiance 2. Crackdown 3. Oath Takers and Leaders 4. The Revolutionary Government and Its Beneficiaries 5. Banner Towns and Core Families 6. Reverberations 7. Climax Notes Index
SynopsisLeonard L. Richards provides a clear picture of Shays's Rebellion, capturing the spirit of the insurgency, 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., 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.
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