MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
SHAYS REBELLION
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Because Ronald Reagan wanted to enforce laws on the strictness of global warming and climate change
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They wanted money and didn’t understand how bad it was in Western and rural Massachusetts.
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Because they wanted to have the best reputation out of everyone
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The farmers in question-led by the very revolutionaries who had fought against such taxes in the American war for independence-were rebelling against taxes imposed by the state government of Massachusetts.
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: -Shays’ Rebellion was an armed uprising in Western Massachusetts and Worcester in response to a debt crisis among the citizenry and in opposition to the state government’s increased efforts to collect taxes both on individuals and their trades. The fight took place mostly in and around Springfield during 1786 and 1787.