Shays' Rebellion
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- Q1Shays' Rebellion first start out in ______________ Massachusetts in 1786SouthernBostonEasternWestern30s
- Q2Daniel Shays and farmers in Western Massachusetts were angry aboutestablishment of the Articles of Confederation being passedtaxes being raised instead of a paper currency being issued in the state of Massachusettscrops doing poorlyWhiskey tax30s
- Q3Many framers could not pay of their mortgages on their becauseMassachusetts' economy was in a recessionfarmers were having a bad growing seasonAll of the abovetaxes were too high30s
- Q4Daniel Shay first lead a protested in 1786 by closing courthouses in western Massachusetts in order to prevent foreclosures on farmsFalseTrue30s
- Q5In January 1787 Shays and about 1,200 farmers headed to a state arsenal in order to rebel and march on what Massachusetts cityBunker HillYorktownBostonCape Cod30s
- Q6Before Daniel Shays made it to the arsenal they were met by 4,000 state militia, which open fire and killed________ people3841030s
- Q7As a result of Shays Rebellion many people saw this as example of how the United States' government wasnone of the abovestrongweak and at riskdoing it job30s
- Q8After Shays Rebellion many felt it was time to create a ______________ national governmentstrongerweakerbettermore democratic30s