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WorksheetsShay’s Rebellion
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 10mins
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.
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
According to the American Vision, who "feared" people like Shays & the Shaysites the most?
government
middle class
poor farmers
Gentry
MMC: Jefferson argues that the remedy to Shays' Rebellion is to present them with...
Facts
Forgiveness
Calming
War
MA Law because of Shays: "citizens could be arrested for no reason, with no evidence necessary, even if they are not formally charged with any crime."
Militia Act
Suspension of Writ of Habeas Corpus
Riot Act
MA Law because of Shays: "execution of officers or soldiers who take up arms against the state."
Militia Act
Suspension of the Writ of Habeas Corpus
Riot Act
MA Law because of Shays: "extreme & cruel punishments for protesters in numbers of 12 or more."
Militia Act
Suspension of the Writ of Habeas Corpus
Riot Act
Claim: Much of the information regarding Shays' Rebellion was exaggerated by media & friends-alike in order to create division.
True
False
Who did Shayes and his followers consider the enemy?
the British
The Courts
The Townspeople
Wild herds of circus Bears roaming the countryside
Why did Shayes and the farmers rebel? (Click all)
they were being thrown into prison for failure to pay their debts
they were being taxed beyond their ability to pay
They were being executed for their debts
sent to england for trial
Why did the Government of the Articles of Conferation not help the Government of Mass. put down Shaye's rebellion.
The Articles Congress had no money
The Articles Congress had no Army
they were already busy trying to conquer Canada
None of these is correct
Shayes rebellion inspired the Congress to (click all that apply)
get rid of the Articles of Confederation
Develop a new, better Constitution
Fix the Articles
Pass a law for a national Army
Change the Articles from an agreement of friendship to an "Alliance of Iron". with George Washington as King.
What happened to Shaye's Followers?
12000 men hung or executed by firing Squad
some were hung, most were pardoned at the last minute
all were pardoned according to the Articles of confederation
they overthrew the Government and changed our government from the Articles to the current constitution.
Why was the Massachusetts farmers, frustrated and angry?
He wanted to be recognized for service to his country.
Poor farmers were being taxed heavily by the central government
The government stole his livestock to feed troops
Poor farmers were being taxed heavily by the state government
When Massachusetts raised taxes, it affect which of the following group the most?
Native Americans
The British
Merchants, artisans, and creditors
Poor farmers
What weakness of the Articles of Confederation contributed to Shays' Rebellion? Select all that apply:
The U.S. couldn't tax citizens.
There was no national currency.
There was no national court system.
There was no national army.
Why were many farmers poor and in debt in Massachusetts?
They lost money trying to convert their currency between states.
They were not paid for their service as soldiers in the Revolutionary War.
They had to pay too much money in national taxes.
They had large medical bills to pay after the Revolutionary War.
The taxes are too much
How many farmers joined this rebellion?
over 1,000
over 10,000
about 20
no one really knows
About 100-400
Despite Shays' Rebellion, none of the members of the Confederation Congress were really concerned about another rebellion.
True
False
Who led the rebellion?
Shay Peterson
Daniel Shay
Shay Mitchell
Roger Sherman
Who was Daniel Shay?
A farmer and leader of the rebellion
A debt collector
executive of the colonial couts
founder of the Sons of Liberty
The speaker of the rebellion
