Shay’s Rebellion Worksheet answers 1. 36 Massachusetts 2. officer 3. American Revolutionary battles 4. 5 sword 5. wife farm 6. The money was worthless – the Continental Congress had printed money to pay soldiers but $ was not backed by silver or gold, too much $ in circulation also depreciates its value 7. Farmers wanted to grow more to meet the war demand (during war demand for goods increases) – they had borrowed $ to increase crops, good during war, then war ends and demand goes down, they are left with too many crops and not enough buyers but the banks want their $ paid back 8. prison 9. boils, sick, disease, bad conditions! 10. close down courts (who were sending debtors to prison) 11. families left without providers, women begging on the streets 12. vote 13. Eastern 14. conventions 15. petition 16. taxes, ignored 17. debts, sword, LaFayette 18. Bunker Hill, army, American Revolution 19. hemlock, tyranny 20. 1,000 21. courts 22. 9,000