MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
SHAYS REBELLION
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Question
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You don’t always get what you want.
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Whining gets you nowhere.
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Those in power should listen to ‘the people’.
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It’s a hard-knock life.
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Detailed explanation-1: -With no means to move their crops and make money to pay off debts and taxes, Boston authorities began to arrest the farmers and foreclose on their farms.
Detailed explanation-2: -Unlike many other state legislatures in the 1780s, the Massachusetts government didn’t respond to the economic crisis by passing pro-debtor laws (like forgiving debt and printing more paper money). As a result local sheriffs seized many farms and some farmers who couldn’t pay their debts were put in prison.
Detailed explanation-3: -FIRST: The present system of taxation operates unfairly between the poor and the wealthy classes. SECOND: The tax rates have been set too high. THIRD: There is a shortage of cash money, and farm goods are not accepted as payment for debts and taxes.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Townshend Acts severely taxed the colonists, and farmers in western Massachusetts were unable to pay the tax, leading to the loss of their farmland. The Massachusetts government, under the Articles of Confederation, faced tariffs from other states, causing the farmers to sink into drastic debt.