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Shays' Rebellion
Shays' Rebellion was a militia uprising that occurred from 1786 to 1787. It was led by Daniel Shays and Henry Gale. This rebellion was very influential in the development of the Constitution.
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What constitutional crisis emerged from Shays's Rebellion?
That congress, or The gov't, could not raise an army to "suppress insurrections." They could not really do anything at all. For example, they could make laws, but couldn't enforce them.
What were the people who took part in Shays Rebellion angry about?
For people who actually need this question,
your "answer" would be
Because of the taxes they couldn't pay, farmers started to go to the
government with pitchforks and knives to threaten them. Some who couldn't
pay for the taxes would get threatened because they couldn't pay for prison.
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Why was Shay's Rebellion considered to be US first civil war?
It was considered the first civil war because it was a group of Americans fighting the Federal government.
What was the relationship between shays rebellion and the calling of the constutional convention?
the Constitution ws pretty much really not neccesaray
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How many people died in the fighting of Shay's rebellion?
four people died in the fighting of shay's rebellion
Why did shays rebellion happen?
it was started by Daniel Shays who was a Farmer who might get his land taken away from him and the same with other farmers. They rebelled against the Congress. It all must have happened so fast.
What was Shay's Rebellion and how did it contribute to the recognition of a need for change?
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After the American Revolution, many of the veterans returned home to discover that the new nation was in a economic depression due to the large was debt and the lack of value of the currency.
In Massachusetts farmers who took out large loans to grow food for the war, effort found that their debts were being called up by the banks those who couldn't pay were often jailed.
As more and more men were being imprisoned those who weren't become restless about their own futures and the futures of their families.
Daniel Shay took the lead by training the farmers as an army pulling from his experience in the Revolution and they began closing the courts by force so on more of the farmers would tries and jail.
The state government found itself in trouble and began to raise a mercenary army to fight Shay's.
Shays went after the armory at Spring field were he met with 900 militia who fired on Shay's forced who then turned and retreated.
Did the central government provide troops to end Shays' Rebellion?
The central government did not provide troops to quell the rebellion.
the level of violence subsided after the american revolution
What is importance of shays' rebllion?
Shays' rebellion was an important step in history because it was a step to our government today. Daniel Shays saw that something was wrong with his government and he strived to fix it.
Shay's Rebellion forced courts to close so judges could not confiscate?
farmers' land
ANSWER:
Beginning in 1784, until the year 1787, there was a postwar depression (due to the American Revolutionary War). The main symptom of this depression was a shortage of money, as gold and silver flowed to Europe to pay foreign debts. Several states moved to relieve the shortage by printing money of their own.
A half-dozen states issued paper money during the 1780's, and where merchants were willing to accept it for goods, it circulated well. But in Rhode Island, the merchants refused to accept it, and it lost value. When the state legislature demanded that they take it, many closed their shops and fled the state.
This was a fear that the wealthy had, in which, the of money would lose value, just as it had done during the war. Perhaps, they argued, a stronger central authority could issue good currency of its own and put an end to such problems.
When the Massachusetts assembly refused to follow Rhode Island's example in issuing paper money, moneylenders began suing for payment. To prevent debt collections, a band of Massachusetts farmers, organized by Daniel Shay's, interrupted court sessions in several counties during the autumn of 1786.
Although the angry farmers presented no real threat to the state authority, the governor called up the militia. A large army marched into the villages and scattered the farmers to their homes.
Though hardly a rebellion, the Shay's affair sent a wave of alarm the length of the Atlantic seaboard. No other event of the time displayed so clearly the need for strong national authority.
The governor of massachusetts at the time, though im not shure who it was.
After the Revolution what effect did Shays Rebellion have upon the country?
it pointed out the weaknesses of the declaration
Why was it ironic that Daniel Shays would lose his farm for non-payment of taxes?
The Revolutionary War had just been fought. One of the issues that prompted it was the idea that there should be no taxation without representation.
Why did Shays Rebellion worry many Americans?
because farmers rebelled and they went to a courthouse while the members of the congress had to call the Massachusetts militia because they thought the farmers would attack them.
How was shays rebellion interpreted by political leaders at the time?
Shays Rebellion began in Massachusetts in 1786, a time where the political climate was changing. Reform of the country's governing document was underway and was widely seen as necessary and a good move.
