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A Yankee Rebellion? The Regulators, New England, and the New Nation

Robert A. Gross
Publisher: Journals Gateway
The New England Quarterly (2009) 82 (1): 112–135.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1162/tneq.2009.82.1.112
Published: 01 March 2009
Abstract
Was Shays's Rebellion a sign of a general crisis of self-government in the new nation, or was it a peculiarly Yankee affair? This essay suggests that wrenching changes, growing out of the Revolution in Massachusetts, turned a conflict over taxes common to all the states into a unique and short-lived political upheaval.
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