Shays Rebellion The American Revolution Final Battle (Audible Audio Edition) Leonard L Richards William Dupuy University Press Audiobooks Books
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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 4,000 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 200 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.
The book is published by University of Pennsylvania Press.
Shays Rebellion The American Revolution Final Battle (Audible Audio Edition) Leonard L Richards William Dupuy University Press Audiobooks Books
To all who wish to understand how our freedom was nipped in the bud, here is the most concise analysis of how the best of men who fought the War for Independence and cherished freedom were ensnared again by the worst of men. It is the story of how the Revolution was betrayed and how the central government was planted.Product details
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Shays Rebellion The American Revolution Final Battle (Audible Audio Edition) Leonard L Richards William Dupuy University Press Audiobooks Books Reviews
We shouldn't forget that Shays rebellion truly payed a foundation the America we know today. Very goo book and interesting to read.
A much needed and very readable source based re-interpretation of a set of events that impacted the Constitution.
Good history, but a slow and dry read.
Perfect
Like the Articles of Confederation, Shay's Rebellion is one of those periods of American history that gets glossed over. Richards did his research and uncovers the unpleasant fact that the original states weren't exactly bastions of democracy and fairness. Many of them still saw the world through the view of monarchs and royals (which was ascribed to the wealthiest) and with rank comes privilege. What Richards does is peel back the standard explanations and exposes the flaws, No, this wasn't an isolated incident - most states had similar rebellions, nor was this a single bad actor (Shays was never the main instigator). My take-away is that the people wanted a representative democracy and the leaders wanted to concentrate wealth and power in the hands of the few. In the end we got The Constitution as well as the continuing arguments for the Articles of Confederation.
Incredibly detailed, well-researched history of the events leading up to, through and after the "Rebellion."
Richards' book on the Shays's Rebellion (or the "Regulation", as the rebels referred to it) is absolutely first rate. Six stars!
During the course of other research in the Massachusetts state archives, Richards came across a list of 4000 people who, upon participating in and losing the Shays Rebellion, had signed an oath of loyalty to the state of Massachusetts in order to be given clemency. Apparently, this list was in barely legible handwriting and had never been translated. The amazing breakthrough came when Richards decided to take this list, decipher the names, and find out who all the participants were, person by person. What he produces is a tremendously revealing and much more accurate account of the rebellion.
Through what must have been months of painstaking, dogged research Richards attempts to prove that we, today, have many misconceptions about the rebellion. Particularly, Richards makes a point that the rebels were more upset by very understandable abuses by the Boston-centered Massachusetts state government than by poverty. He also shows that the most important factor in recruiting rebels was their clan association. People joined almost exclusively as part of a clan, and this explains why some towns had widespread participation and others had minimal. He does a great job of fleshing out who the leaders and opponents were. A true local history project.
Richards also does a nice job of relating how the rebellion fit in with the national movement to form a stronger union among the states. This occurred in Philadelphia the next year at the Constitutional Convention. The rebellion played a very important part in our history that many today do not fully appreciate, and Richards does a fantastic job of putting it all together.
Last, three things. One, after reading this book I have a much better understanding of why the rural parts of the new nation feared Hamilton and his drive to strengthen Federal control. I also have a much better understanding for Hamilton's genius. You will, too. Two, I think it helps tremendously that Richards himself is a history professor based in Amherst, Massachusetts, in the heart of Shays country. You get the feeling that telling this story accurately is a labor of love for Richards, close to his heart. And three, apparently the possessive form of Shays in all the places I've seen it written is spelled "Shays's". That's right, "s's". It seems wrong, but that's how professor Richards and everyone else spell it. Go figure.
To all who wish to understand how our freedom was nipped in the bud, here is the most concise analysis of how the best of men who fought the War for Independence and cherished freedom were ensnared again by the worst of men. It is the story of how the Revolution was betrayed and how the central government was planted.
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