[PDF.83wo] Fries's Rebellion: The Enduring Struggle for the American Revolution

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

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 | #2022478 in Books |  University of Pennsylvania Press |  2005-03-10 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.02 x.61 x5.98l,.95 | File type: PDF | 272 pages

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||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| The forgotten Rebellion|By Jurgis S|A great story that is seldom told and Newman does it admirably. the only minor complaint I had was that he constantly references locations that no longer exist or now go by different names. Having grown up in the Quakertown area where this occurred, I would have appreciated the present-day names.|5 of 7 people found the following review he| ||"Newman has given us the best book yet on the so-called Fries rebellion, a 1799 uprising in the German-speaking counties of eastern Pennsylvania. Newman provides a thorough and frequently gripping narrative of the resistance and its aftermath."—Journ

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 administration of John Adams to levy taxes against their patriot German Reformed and Lutheran neighbors.

Led by local Revolutionary hero John Fries, the farmers drew on the ...

You easily download any file type for your gadget.Fries's Rebellion: The Enduring Struggle for the American Revolution   |  Paul Douglas Newman. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.

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