Liberty Poles and the Fight for Popular Politics in the Early Republic
debates over the citizen’s political role in a republic. A liberty pole was a wooden mast with a flag or sign that expressed opposition to the government as tyrannical. During the American Revolution, Patriots raised liberty poles to symbolize their resistance to British rule. In most cases, redcoat...
| Veröffentlicht in: | Journal of the Early Republic. - University of Pennsylvania Press. - 38(2018), 4, Seite 673-697 |
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| Sprache: | English |
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2018
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Journal of the Early Republic |
| Schlagworte: | Liberty Poles Protest Newspapers Pennsylvania Reading Lancaster Thomas McKean James Ross Fries’s Rebellion Direct tax mehr... |
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