Richard Kohn's article on "The Inside Story" of this event argues that it was largely stage-managed to bolster the case for central government.
Richard Kohn's article on "The Inside Story" of this event argues that it was largely stage-managed to bolster the case for central government. The genesis of this event lay in the organizing of men like Matthias Ogden and Alexander McDougall, who helped bring it about by sending a letter signed "Brutus." Dissatis3ed participants in this event may have organized a march two months later that caused a series of rapid relocations to Princeton, Annapolis, and Trenton. It followed the rejection of an impost amendment supported by its possible real organizers, Robert Morris and Alexander Hamilton. At the climax of this event, one man a5fected di53culty in putting on his spectacles as a reminder of his service. This event was preceded by a Lewis Nicola letter requesting that its recipient declare himself a monarch, and ended a7ter a speech in an assembly tent to a group of men including John Armstrong and Horatio Gates. A short but powerful speech by George Washington molli3ed, for 10 points, what "conspiracy" by colonial o53cers angry over back pay?
Richard Kohn's article on "The Inside Story" of this event argues that it was largely stage-managed to bolster the case for central government.
The Newburgh Conspiracy