The Struggle for the Constitution in Massachusetts, 1775-1780
Author : Frederick Emory Haynes
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Author : Frederick Emory Haynes
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Author : Robert J. Taylor
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 20,95 MB
Release : 2014-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0807839698
In the transformation of the colonies into commonwealths during the Revolution, Massachusetts most effectively institutionalized the political theory of popular sovereignty. The concept of the constitutional convention and popular ratification, initiated by the Massachusetts Constitution, underscored the constitutional significance of the American Revolution. This is a comprehensive problems-source-book on the Massachusetts Constitution of 1780, containing seventy-one documents. Originally published in 1961. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.
Author : Robert Joseph Taylor
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File Size : 31,52 MB
Release : 1961
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Author : Samuel Eliot Morison
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Page : 118 pages
File Size : 14,62 MB
Release : 1917
Category : Constitutional history
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Author : Robert J. Taylor
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Page : 166 pages
File Size : 44,76 MB
Release : 1961
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Author : Robert Eldon Brown
Publisher : New York : Russell & Russell
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 14,58 MB
Release : 1968
Category : History
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Author : John Adams
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Page : 46 pages
File Size : 24,46 MB
Release : 1776
Category : Constitutional history
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Author : Richard B. Bernstein
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 23,66 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0190273518
This concise and elegant contribution to the Very Short Introduction series reintroduces the history that shaped the founding fathers, the history that they made, and what history has made of them. The book provides a context within which to explore the world of Washington, Franklin, Jefferson, Adams, and Hamilton, as well as their complex and still-controversial achievements and legacies.
Author : United States. Department of the Treasury
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Page : 100 pages
File Size : 25,17 MB
Release : 1892
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Author : Leonard L. Richards
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 36,96 MB
Release : 2014-11-29
Category : History
ISBN : 0812203194
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.