EMERGENCE OF USA
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR AND ITS IMPACT
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Farmers in eastern Massachusetts
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Daniel Shays’ mob
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Regulators
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Farmers in western Massachusetts
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Detailed explanation-1: -Why did few disabled American soldiers return from the war? In eastern Massachusetts, leaders labeled farmers who had lost their land a group “knaves and thieves."
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: -loyalist, also called Tory, colonist loyal to Great Britain during the American Revolution. Loyalists constituted about one-third of the population of the American colonies during that conflict.
Detailed explanation-4: -September 5-October 26, 1774 The First Continental Congress meets in Philadelphia.
Detailed explanation-5: -In 1786, “the key difference was that the revolutionaries had been resisting the tyranny of a monarchical power” while the farmers faced a government that was “safely in the hands of the people of Massachusetts.” Adams did not see a need for the revolt with the people holding the reins of government.