Shay's Rebellion

What year did Shay's Rebellion start?

• 1785

• 1786

where did Shay's rebellion take place?

• New York

• Massachussetts

Who was the leader of the Shay Rebellion?

• Daniel Shay

• James Shay

What created the debts that farmers could not pay?

• a slow down in the trading of goods with the west indies

• not being able to settle in appalachia

Who was most affected by the slow down in trade and the debt that followed?

• Farmers

• Congress

Farmers rebelled and shut down the courts because

• they did not want to lose their farms

• they wanted to rewrite the constitution

How did states other than Massachusetts avoid rebellions?

click TWO answers!

• They suspended lawsuits against the farmers

• they threatened them with violence

• they printed more money to make it easy to pay back loans

• they shut the banks down

One result of the Shay rebellion was the realization that the federal government needed more control over the states

• true

• false

What prevented Congress from stopping the Shay Rebellion?

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Constitution

How did the Shay Rebellion demonstrate the weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

• It revealed that the nation needed a stronger federal govt

• Proved that states needed more power