See also:JOHN See also:FRIES (c. 1764-1825)
, See also:American insurgent See also:leader, was See also:born in See also:Pennsylvania of " Dutch " (See also:German) descent about 1764
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As an itinerant auctioneer he became well acquainted with the Germans in the S.E. See also:part of Pennsylvania
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In See also:July 1798, during the troubles between the See also:United States and See also:France, See also:Congress levied a See also:direct tax (on dwelling-houses, lands and slaves) of $2,000,000, of which Pennsylvania was called upon to contribute $237,000
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There were very few slaves in the See also:state, and the tax was accordingly assessed upon dwelling-houses and See also:land, the value of the houses being determined by the number and See also:size of the windows
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The inquisitorial nature of the proceedings aroused strong opposition among the Germans, and many of them refused to pay
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See also:Fries, assuming leadership, organized an armed See also:band of about sixty men, who marched about the See also:country intimidating the assessors and encouraging the See also:people to resist
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At last the See also:governor called out the See also:militia (See also:March 1799) and the leaders were arrested
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Fries and two others were twice tried for See also:treason (the second See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time before See also:Samuel See also:Chase) and were sentenced to be hanged, but they were pardoned by See also:President See also:- ADAMS
- ADAMS, ANDREW LEITH (1827-1882)
- ADAMS, CHARLES FRANCIS (1807-1886)
- ADAMS, HENRY (1838— )
- ADAMS, HENRY CARTER (1852— )
- ADAMS, HERBERT (i858— )
- ADAMS, HERBERT BAXTER (1850—1901)
- ADAMS, JOHN (1735–1826)
- ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY (1767-1848)
- ADAMS, SAMUEL (1722-1803)
- ADAMS, THOMAS (d. c. 1655)
- ADAMS, WILLIAM (d. 162o)
Adams in See also:April 1800, and a See also:general See also:amnesty was issued on 21St May
.
The affair is variously known as the "Fries See also:Rebellion," the "Hot-See also:Water Rebellion "—because hot water was used to drive assessors from houses—, and the " See also:Home Tax Rebellion." Fries died in See also:Philadelphia in 1825
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See also:Carpenter, Two Trials of See also:John Fries
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See also:Davis, The Fries Rebellion (Doylestown, Pa., 1899)
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