Newburgh Conspiracy

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The Newburgh Conspiracy was a 1783 plot by discontented Continental Army officers, frustrated over unpaid wages and pensions, that threatened a potential military challenge to civilian authority near the end of the American Revolutionary War.

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Newburgh Conspiracy canonical 5
Newburgh Conspiracy events 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 18th-century event
event in the American Revolutionary War
political conspiracy
hasAlternativeName Newburgh Address
surface form: Newburgh Address crisis
hasCause unpaid pensions of Continental Army officers
unpaid wages of Continental Army officers
hasConsequence precedent for civilian supremacy in the United States
strengthening of George Washington’s reputation
hasContext demobilization of the Continental Army
financial weakness of the Confederation government
hasCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
hasDate 1783
hasHistoricalPeriod Confederation period
surface form: Confederation era of United States history
hasHistoricalSignificance early test of republican government’s control over the military
hasKeyDocument Newburgh Address
surface form: First Newburgh Address

Newburgh Address
surface form: Second Newburgh Address
hasKeyEvent Newburgh officers’ meeting of March 15, 1783
hasLanguage English
hasLegacy cited as an example of Washington refusing dictatorial power
used in scholarship on military coups and their prevention
hasLocation Newburgh, New York
hasMainLocation army cantonment at Newburgh, New York
hasMotivation securing arrears of pay
securing lifetime half-pay pensions
hasNature potential military challenge to civilian authority
hasOutcome affirmation of civilian control of the military
increased pressure on Congress to address army pay
no military coup occurred
hasRegion Hudson Valley
surface form: Hudson River Valley
hasRelatedConcept civil-military relations in the United States
pensions for Revolutionary War veterans
hasRelatedEvent American Revolutionary War
Treaty of Paris (1783)
hasRelatedOrganization Continental Army
Continental Congress
hasTimePeriod end of the American Revolutionary War
hasTypeOfGrievance financial grievance
political grievance
involves Continental Army officers
Continental Congress
George Washington
isDocumentedIn letters and addresses circulated among Continental Army officers
wasDefusedBy George Washington's Newburgh speech
surface form: George Washington’s speech to his officers

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Newburgh Letters associatedWithEvent Newburgh Conspiracy
Newburgh army cantonment significantEvent Newburgh Conspiracy
Newburgh Address follows Newburgh Conspiracy
Newburgh Address relatedTo Newburgh Conspiracy
George Washington's Newburgh speech partOf Newburgh Conspiracy
this entity surface form: Newburgh Conspiracy events