MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
SHAYS REBELLION
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Samuel Adams had used similar tactics and strategies against the British, and for similar reasons
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Samuel Adams was sympathetic to the farmers in their struggle to improve their economic status
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Samuel Adams did not even live in Massachusetts
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Samuel Adams, a member of the state legislature, drew up a Riot Act, which suspended citizens’ right to habeas corpus, allowing them to be jailed for long periods without being accused of a crime. Adams also proposed that rebels to the republic should be punished by execution.
Detailed explanation-2: -Answer and Explanation: Shays’ Rebellion was similar to the American Revolution in that the “rebels” believed they were being controlled by a distant governing body that did have their best interests at heart.
Detailed explanation-3: -Shays’s Rebellion exposed the weakness of the government under the Articles of Confederation and led many-including George Washington-to call for strengthening the federal government in order to put down future uprisings.
Detailed explanation-4: -Sam Adams responded to Shays’ Rebellion by denouncing the rebels’ actions. Though Adams himself had been a radical anti-British agitator in the 1760s and 1770s, hew viewed the rebels as dangerous to the country’s liberty.