MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
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American rebellion
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Dorr Rebellion
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Shays’ Rebellion
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Whiskey Rebellion
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Detailed explanation-1: -Shays’ Rebellion is the name given to a series of protests in 1786 and 1787 by American farmers against state and local enforcement of tax collections and judgments for debt.
Detailed explanation-2: -Shays’ Rebellion was a series of violent attacks on courthouses and other government properties in Massachusetts that began in 1786 and led to a full-blown military confrontation in 1787.
Detailed explanation-3: -What did Shays’s Rebellion, which took place in Massachusetts in the winter of 1786-1787, demonstrate to American political leaders? A stronger national government was needed to solve the nation’s monetary problems.
Detailed explanation-4: -On this day in 1786, a popular uprising began in Massachusetts. Shays’ Rebellion was one of several critical events that led to the calling of a Constitutional Convention the following year in Philadelphia.