
Shays's Rebellion: The American Revolution's Final Battle
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William Dupuy
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.
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The author presents useful context from many angles as the story progresses. My only criticism might be that, in audio form, it would be nice to have inline references throughout to underpin the tale as it unfolds, since it is revisionist.
Great revolutionary context
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After reading this, there can be no illusions about the Federalist's aims. There was no desire to "modify" the Articles other than to toss them in the trash so that the colonial aristocrats could secure their interests.
Leonard Richards's work is very well done. It first starts out by telling the story of the rebellion in order to bring out the facts, misconceptions and political spin used to mitigate the impacts into the dustbin of history. It then switches gears to describe the main actors involved and their reasons for using the rebellion as a catalyst for the convention.
This story is ultimately about the consequences of debt and taxation without representation. It is the seminal event behind where our country is headed today: The DC elite vs. flyover country and the deplorables. You'll never see George Washington, Samuel Adams, nor Alexander Hamilton in the same light again.
One of the seminal events in American History
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good book
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brilliant historical analysis
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to the Constitutional Convention and has been coopted and propagandized by the elites ever since.
Superb book
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Interesting Tidbit of History
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There's more to the book than simply the rebellion, as the author details how the rebellion actually helped rid us of the Articles of Confederation.
Good info
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