It began with bands of farmers dressing as Native Americans and tarring and feathering law enforcement officers attempting to serve writs of ejection.
It began with bands of farmers dressing as Native Americans and tarring and feathering law enforcement officers attempting to serve writs of ejection. It spawned a namesake political party in 1842, causing the state of New York to declare illegal "one-quarter sales." It resulted when the heirs of Stephen Van Rensselaer attempted to collect $500,000 in delinquent dues from tenants in New York, resulting in unrest against the leasehold system organized by the patroons, who exacted feudal dues. FTP, identify this 1839-1846 "war" that took its name from the unsatisfactory New York lease system.
It began with bands of farmers dressing as Native Americans and tarring and feathering law enforcement officers attempting to serve writs of ejection.
{Antirent} War