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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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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