MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
SHAYS REBELLION
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deadly
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something that should not be tolerated
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bad for a country
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good
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Detailed explanation-1: -I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical.
Detailed explanation-2: -This is not a radical program but a deeply reactionary one. What Jefferson fundamentally wants to tell us is that the people should never fear the government, but the government should always fear the people.
Detailed explanation-3: -Thomas Jefferson believed that any rebellion was a good thing because it helped to protect the people’s liberty and limit the power of the government.
Detailed explanation-4: -Jefferson, Thomas. “Revolution and Reformation.” Thomas Jefferson on Politics and Government. Compiled and edited by Eyler Robert Coates, Sr. “A Little Rebellion Now and Then Is a Good Thing: A Letter from Thomas Jefferson to James Madison.” Early America Review 1, no.
Detailed explanation-5: -Shays’ Rebellion-a sometimes-violent uprising of farmers angry over conditions in Massachusetts in 1786-prompted Thomas Jefferson to express the view that “a little rebellion now and then is a good thing” for America.