Shay’s Rebellion

What did Shays' Rebellion help Americans realize they needed?

• A common currency for all states

• Make more gold and silver

• A strong national government

• A permanent force for protection

• Make paper money

Where did Shay's rebellion take place?

• New York

• Massachusetts

• Delaware

• Maryland

• Georgia

What did the country lack under the Articles that made rebellions like Shay's difficult to stop?

• No executive branch with the power to enforce laws

• No ability to tax and raise an army

• No strong court system to hold people accountable

• All of the above

Which weakness in the Articles led to all the financial troubles in the United States?

• No executive branch

• No judicial branch

• No ability to tax or regulate trade

• States constantly disagreeing.

In the Articles of Confederation, where was most of the government power placed?

• The States
• The National Government
• The Continental Congress
• The Legislative Branch

What year did Shay's Rebellion start?

• 1785

• 1784

• 1786

• 1787

• 1788

What was the state-level response to Shay’s Rebellion?

• Judicial protection against taxation without representation.

• Taxes were declared unconstitutional.

• Executive regulation of farm trade.

• Debt relief was enacted.

Shays’s Rebellion made leaders of the national government ______________

• decide to rejoin with Britain

• decide to pay all the farmers' taxes from the American Revolution

• take another look at the Articles of Confederation to fix it

Shays' Rebellion started in Massachusetts because...

• Western MA farms were being foreclosed at a rapid pace

• the MA legislature lowered taxes to boost economic growth

• Daniel Shay's got into a fight with Samuel Adams

• the Eastern MA economy was more commercial

In order to keep farms from being foreclosed, Shays & the Shaysites surrounded local...

• courthouses

• legislatures

• shops & businesses

• citizens