MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
SHAYS REBELLION
|
Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
|
|
|
four farmers perished
|
|
|
the militia had surrendered and left
|
|
|
Shays and his followers had all died and the Militia celebrated their demise.
|
|
|
nothing
|
Detailed explanation-1: -The army fired warning shots followed by artillery fire, killing four of the insurgents and wounding twenty. The rebel force quickly faltered and scattered into the countryside. Many participants were later captured and most men, including Shays, eventually received amnesty as part of a general pardon.
Detailed explanation-2: -Why did the Massachusetts militia have the power to confront the federal government in Shays’ Rebellion? The federal government had no military of its own to fight back and could not enforce laws. The state of Massachusetts had a militia of 10, 000 men while the federal government only had a military of 1, 000.
Detailed explanation-3: -On this day in 1787, Shays’ Rebellion effectively ended in Springfield, Mass., when its forces failed to capture a federal armory. The uprising was one of the major influences in the calling of a Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia.
Detailed explanation-4: -Which side would you have supported during shays’s rebellion-the farmers or the officials who called out the militia. The Militia side, because shays’s rebellion would’ve torn apart the country.