MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
SHAYS REBELLION
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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There was a drought that ruined their crops
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Most were soldiers who’d never been paid of their service
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People were not interested in buying the crops they were selling
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-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: -Farmers were burdened by high taxes and unable to pay their debts, especially mortgages. They were hauled before county courts, often losing their property and going to debtors’ prisons. In the summer of 1786, farmers in the western counties assembled to petition the Massachusetts legislature for relief.
Detailed explanation-4: -In the eighteenth century, farmers in western Massachusetts were outraged at the taxes levied by a distant and unsympathetic government; they rebelled. The government responded by attempting to suppress the rebellion.