Description |
x, 286 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-277) and index. |
Contents |
Part 1: Economics -- Breaking the way: colonizing the North Carolina piedmont -- Robed of it all by a few roguish individuals: land grievances -- It would be enough to make us turn rebels: debt, taxes, and the courts -- Part 2: Religion -- The spirit within: Protestant radicalism from the reformation to the great awakening in the South -- Fashioning Christ's coat: beyond denomination -- Into a ranting spirit: religious radicalism and agrarian activism -- Part 3: Politics -- Liberty to make out grievances known: organizing popular protest, August 1766-May 1768 -- But by a due course of law: petitioning the governor, May 1768-September 1768 -- Debarr'd of justice: legal means fail, November 1768-December 1769 -- Part 4: War -- Coming to see justice done: growing exasperation, January 1770-December 1770 -- To force us to submit to tyranny: The Battle of Alamance, January 1771-June 1771 -- Whipped twice: consequences. |
Summary |
Settlers and farmers in Piedmont North Carolina stage a revolution against their local British government, prompted in large part by the religious thought spurred by the Great Awakening and their populist agrarian tendencies. |
Subject |
Regulator Insurrection (North Carolina : 1766-1771) (OCoLC)fst01354221
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North Carolina -- History -- Regulator Insurrection, 1766-1771.
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North Carolina. (OCoLC)fst01204304
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Chronological Term |
1766-1771
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Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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ISBN |
0807826723 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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9780807826720 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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0807849995 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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9780807849996 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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