Shays' Rebellion in a Nutshell
November 6, 2018
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as posted by the channelIn 1786, a group of veterans from the War for Independence challenged the republican government of Massachusetts over harsh taxation and the lack of debt relief. To many, Shays’ Rebellion necessitated the grant of additional power to Congress…but did it really? In this video, I explain.
In my book, Compact of the Republic, I illustrated how the product of the Philadelphia Convention discarded most of the nationalist aims, and preserved a federalistoriented system
Best books on this topic:
David Szatmary, Shays’ RebellionThe Making of an Agrarian Insurrection
Leonard Richards, Shays’ RebellionThe American Revolution’s Final Battle
Gordon Wood, Creation of the American Republic
Douglass Southall Freeman, Washington
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