MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
SHAYS REBELLION
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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What country before ever existed without rebellion
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Let the people take arms
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The British have for a long time hired newspapers
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The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time ti time with the blood of patriots and tyrants
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Detailed explanation-1: -Scandalously, Thomas Jefferson once wrote to James Madison, “I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and is as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical.”
Detailed explanation-2: -The words “I hold it that a little rebellion, now and then, is a good thing” are found in a letter he wrote to a friend in early 1788 while he was the US Ambassador to France. Jefferson wasn’t referring to anything happening in Paris-he was talking about Massachusetts, and the event now known as ‘Shays’ Rebellion’.
Detailed explanation-3: -Thomas Jefferson did not directly support Shays’ Rebellion, but believed that such domestic disturbances were natural, probably inevitable, and perhaps even beneficial. Jefferson was in Paris during the rebellion, and his knowledge of the Rebellion came from his friend, James Madison.
Detailed explanation-4: -"We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal. . . ."