{"product_id":"shayss-rebellion-the-american-revolutions-final-battle","title":"Shays's Rebellion: The American Revolution's Final Battle","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eShays's Rebellion: The American Revolution's Final Battle\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eLeonard L Richards\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780812218701\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eUniversity of Pennsylvania Press\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2003\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e216\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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 \u003ci\u003eShays's Rebellion: The American Revolution's Final Battle\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough 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.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Shays's Rebellion: The American Revolution's Final Battle | Leonard L Richards | Paperback | 9780812218701 | Used: Like New | Back Stacks B 1778242","offer_id":50763169104130,"sku":"1778242","price":18.01,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/71oofRJEjfL.jpg?v=1792059855","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/shayss-rebellion-the-american-revolutions-final-battle","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}