Shays' Rebellion and The Articles weaknesses

In what state did Shays’ Rebellion take place?

• Pennsylvania

• Massachusetts

• Washington DC

• Rhode Island

• New York

In what year did Shays’ Rebellion take place?

• 1776

• 1876

• 1786

• 1886

What were Shays and other famers mad about?

• The government was taking all their food and throwing big parties.

• The government forced them to sell their property if they couldn’t pay taxes.

• The government made them grow only spinach and broccoli. And eat it too!

• The government bought only some farmers food and not others.

Daniel Shays and hundreds of other men forced the shutdown of what?

• All the food stores in 3 counties in order to show how important farmers were.

• The TV station where Judge Judy is broadcast; they were tired of reruns

• They forced the shutdown of the Supreme Court in Springfield.

• They force the shutdown of all the major roads in the county.

The uprising of farmers was protesting what?

• High taxes and heavy debt

• High prices in the markets

• Low wages and inflation

• British tariffs

(True or False?) Shays’ forces were defeated, jailed, and later released.

• TRUE

• FALSE