Shay’s Rebellion Web Quest:
US History I
Objective:
Each student will investigate and summarize the steps of “Shay’s
Rebellion” from the website:
http://shaysrebellion.stcc.edu/index.html. (See the “Historic
Scenes” tab) for the topics.
TOPIC:
War’s End
Boom and Bust
Petition and Protest
A Bloody Encounter
Taking the Oath
Making a Nation
Your job is to summarize each topic (40-50 words) AND discuss
what (within your summary), if any, relation the topic has to the
problems of the Articles of Confederation government. You should
then have SIX summaries. When finished, answer the question
below in a short paragraph.
Question:
To what extent did Shay’s Rebellion show weakness in the Articles
of Confederation government?
35 points
(five for each summary x6, five for ‘Question’)