Shays’s Rebellion: The American Revolution’s Final Battle by Leonard L. Richards, University of Pennsylvania, 2002 Our republic was born in reaction to populist anger. Enraged that uppercrust Bostonians got rich speculating on government bonds and promissory notes while small landholders faced draconian taxes and foreclosures as Massachusetts scrambled to pay off Revolutionary War debts, Daniel …
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