Smith Rebellion 1765 Gives Rise to Modern Politics - Softcover

Ramsburg, Karen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1462057810 ISBN 13: 9781462057818

Publisher: iUniverse Publishing, 2011

Synopsis

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 laid the groundwork for the political maneuverings of today. Ramsburg dips back into history and reveals how a simple act of self-defense became the spark that created our nation and developed the first battle in a long, continuous class war still ongoing today. Fearful that illegal trade goods, such as tomahawks, scalping knives, and gun powder, were being transported to Fort Pitt to rearm the Indians and renew Pontiac's War against the frontiersmen, Justice William Smith and his cousin James Smith, a.k.a. Black Boy Jimmy, believed they had a right to stop it. The ensuing rebellion led to a definition of government as a contract between all men to reject some of their natural rights in favor of a framework that would secure each man's rights to life, liberty, and property.

About this title

About the Author:

As a nurse, activist, and mother, Karen Ramsburg became interested in history while trying to save the Justice William Smith house in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania. She is running as an Independent candidate for Congress in Pennsylvania's Ninth Congressional District in the 2012 election. Ramsburg was born in Frederick, Maryland, and resides in Mercersburg.

About this edition

• Publisher: iUniverse Publishing
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1462057810
• ISBN 13: 9781462057818
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 164