Smith Rebellion 1765 Gives Rise to Modern Politics

by Karen Ramsburg

Book Overview

Eight years before the Boston Tea Party and ten years before Lexington and Concord, the first shots in the American Revolution were fired in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, in 1765. Known as the Smith Rebellion, this crucial turning point in American history set the stage for modern American politics.

In this history, author Karen Ramsburg tells the enlightening story of this uprising on the Pennsylvania frontier and definitively shows how it...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1462057810
• ISBN13: 9781462057818
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Length: 164 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"