Name: ID ______ Date: “Shay's Rebellion” Questions Shay's
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Name: Date: ID ________ “Shay’s Rebellion” Questions Shay’s Rebellion was one of the events that helped propel the newly formed United States toward a more effective and workable Constitution. 1. Why did merchants ship “hard money” off to England? _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ 2. What was the problem with taxes? _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ 3. What happened to the value of property? _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ 4. What were some counties “so foolish” to do? _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ 5. How did a large majority of the people feel about those who launched Shay’s Rebellion and the government against which it was launched? _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ 6. What did the rebellion demonstrate about how the people got themselves “into the greatest difficulties?” _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ 7. Why was rising up against a government was “madness and folly?” _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________
