This week most of my headway was with the Springfield Armory where I able to gather a bunch of links from them that were of Massachusetts newspapers and other primary sources with Shays’ Rebellion it is a trove of information for the event and will take a bit longer to filter through it all. As far as the IRB contact goes, at this point I really don’t think we’ll need it. I already got a nice chunk of primary and secondary sources, I mean it’s always possible that we talk to a historian who says something so grand we have to quote them, but at this point I still haven’t talked to IRB. The only other thing I can really talk about is the time line I did, it really took me awhile to figure out how to do everything (even with the help in class, I blame my goldfish memory). I’ve tried a few times to embed it properly but cannot for the life of me figure out how to do that properly on this blog post, so I guess a link it is.
References:
Beeman, Richard, Stephen Botein, , and Edward C. Carter. Beyond Confederation : Origins of the Constitution and American National Identity. North Carolina: University of North Carolina Press, 1987.
Parker, Rachel R. “Shays’ Rebellion: An Episode in American State-Making.” Sociological Perspectives 34, no. 1 (1991): 95-113. JSTOR. Accessed September 7, 2017.
Pencak, William. “Samuel Adams and Shays’s Rebellion.” The New England Quarterly 62, no. 1 (1989): 63-74. JSTOR. Accessed September 7, 2017.
Pencak, William A., , John Lax, , and Ralph J. Crandall. Contested Commonwealths : Essays in American History. Pennsylvania: Lehigh University Press, 2011.
Szatmary, David P. Shays’ Rebellion: the making of an agrarian insurrection. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1980.
Even with the trouble figuring out the timeline, it looks awesome! I learned a lot from just your timeline, so I am looking forward to learning more from your website. Although its probably overwhelming to see how much information you have already, that’s not a terrible problem to have! Good luck!!
Hey Shane!
I’m so glad the visit to the Springfield Armory went well and you were able to get some helpful links to jumpstart your research. The timeline was tricky for me as well at first, but once you realize how it functions it gets easier with time. I thought your timeline was well put together and it helped refresh my memory on Shays’ Rebellion. I remember learning it in grade school, but we never really went in depth with the subject, so i’m interested to see what you find in your research. Keep up the good work.
Kailee