Author: Michael S. McGurty
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476650837
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
The Revolutionary War was nearing its end in early 1783. In his Hudson Highlands stronghold, General Washington kept a wary eye on the British force in New York City, 60 miles away. His army, owed months of back pay, and his officers frustrated by the negotiations over their promised pension, chafed under martial authority. A nationalist faction in Congress seized upon this discontent to instigate the Newburgh Conspiracy, a plot by Continental Army officers to menace civil officials who opposed the Impost, a 5% tax on imports to be collected by the central government, to satisfy the nation's debts. The army--by this time a formidable force of seasoned veterans--was provoked into threatening the very liberties it had fought to defend. This book examines this last major crisis of the Revolution, when Washington stood between his men and the American people.
George Washington Versus the Continental Army
Author: Michael S. McGurty
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476650837
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
The Revolutionary War was nearing its end in early 1783. In his Hudson Highlands stronghold, General Washington kept a wary eye on the British force in New York City, 60 miles away. His army, owed months of back pay, and his officers frustrated by the negotiations over their promised pension, chafed under martial authority. A nationalist faction in Congress seized upon this discontent to instigate the Newburgh Conspiracy, a plot by Continental Army officers to menace civil officials who opposed the Impost, a 5% tax on imports to be collected by the central government, to satisfy the nation's debts. The army--by this time a formidable force of seasoned veterans--was provoked into threatening the very liberties it had fought to defend. This book examines this last major crisis of the Revolution, when Washington stood between his men and the American people.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476650837
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
The Revolutionary War was nearing its end in early 1783. In his Hudson Highlands stronghold, General Washington kept a wary eye on the British force in New York City, 60 miles away. His army, owed months of back pay, and his officers frustrated by the negotiations over their promised pension, chafed under martial authority. A nationalist faction in Congress seized upon this discontent to instigate the Newburgh Conspiracy, a plot by Continental Army officers to menace civil officials who opposed the Impost, a 5% tax on imports to be collected by the central government, to satisfy the nation's debts. The army--by this time a formidable force of seasoned veterans--was provoked into threatening the very liberties it had fought to defend. This book examines this last major crisis of the Revolution, when Washington stood between his men and the American people.
Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army During the War of the Revolution, April 1775, to December, 1783
Author: Francis Bernard Heitman
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 708
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 708
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Index, the Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789: Leacraft, W.-Pyttis
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1494
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1494
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Index, The Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1502
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1502
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The Ancient
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Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 440
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Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 440
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The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography
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Category : Pennsylvania
Languages : en
Pages : 574
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Category : Pennsylvania
Languages : en
Pages : 574
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Index, The Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789: Quack - Zwolle
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1488
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1488
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Biographical Sketches of the Generals of the Continental Army of the Revolution
Author: Mary Theresa Leiter
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Category : Generals
Languages : en
Pages : 182
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Category : Generals
Languages : en
Pages : 182
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Henry Knox
Author: Mark Puls
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0230623883
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
A comprehensive biography of military tactician and later the nation's first Secretary of War, Henry Knox, that chronicles his childhood, military service with the Boston Grenadier Corps, and appointment to Washington's cabinet.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0230623883
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
A comprehensive biography of military tactician and later the nation's first Secretary of War, Henry Knox, that chronicles his childhood, military service with the Boston Grenadier Corps, and appointment to Washington's cabinet.
The Collector
Author: Walter Romeyn Benjamin
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Category : Autographs
Languages : en
Pages : 12
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Category : Autographs
Languages : en
Pages : 12
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