Shays' Rebellion

A strong national government

A stronger militia

A common currency (form of money)

The ability to sign peace treaties

true

false

They decided Massachusetts couldn't be a state anymore

They allowed all the states to become independent countries

They met in Philadelphia to fix the Articles of Confederation

They switched to a French model of government

That it was too similar to the British system

That it was too weak to succeed

That it was strong and resilient

That it was a successful model of government

Other states sent in militias to stop the rebellion in Massachusetts

The French stepped in on the side of the US to stop the rebellion

Shays and his men got tired and gave up

The president ordered the US military to Massachusetts to stop rebellion

They were afraid of the militia and didn't want to make it worse

The militia was too well trained and had the support for the French military

They didn't have a military or the authority to stop it

They didn't want it to end, they supported what Shays and is men were doing

A former soldier and farmer who was worried about losing his farm, so he started a rebellion

A tax collector from Massachusetts who had to go and collect money from the poor

He was the Governor of Massachusetts at the time of a huge rebellion by farmers

There was a drought that ruined their crops

Most were soldiers who'd never been paid of their service

People were not interested in buying the crops they were selling

The US was getting ready to go to war with France and they'd have to be soldiers again

The national government kept raising taxes on farmers to pay off the war debt

They were losing their farms because they could not afford the taxes on them

No one would buy their crops because they were over priced

By taxing citizens

By trading with Native Americans

By asking states for donations

They weren't allowed to keep their weapons

They weren't given much credit for their win

They did not believe the war ended fairly

They didn't get paid for their service

George Washington's retirement

The huge amount of debt the country had

The British dragging their feet to sign the Treaty of Paris

The number of people still loyal to the king

Was very strong

Was very weak