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We're currently rebelling against wearing real pants on the weekend. 'Tis a valiant fight indeed. But what was Shays' Rebellion all about? Probably not pants, but let's watch this video just to be sure.
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Thank you We sneak and here's your shmoop du jour
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Brought to you by the ches rebellion A massive uprising
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against traditional sofas All right all the following her true
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about shay's rebellion Except what Right here The financial answers
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Labor state dead critical period Because it's fun All right
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Well after the american revolution states were hard pressed to
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pay down the debts they accrued funding the war resulting
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in uprisings like shay's rebellion talk about the price you
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pay for freedom right Well was shay's rebellion an important
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turning point Because it led some to call for a
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constitutional convention Well many nationalist took shay's Rebellion is a
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sign that a strong central government was desperately needed and
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states addressed the uprising by sending delegates to a constitutional
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convention Option b definitely bleeds True was shay's rebellion see
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prompted by new taxes designed to pay down the state
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debt without the funds to pay off the debts accumulated
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in financing the revolutionary war states levy taxes on their
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residents which led teo taxing revolts like shay's rebellion nazi
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How about d Was shay's rebellion important Because it contributed
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to the sense that this moment in time was a
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critical period Well because the country was only just getting
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on its feed many of the founders took the rebellion
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that's a sign that the articles of confederation needed a
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few more edits So dee is dead on a cz
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well it shay's rebellion occur in massachusetts huh Well daniel
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shays the leader of the rebellion was indeed a western
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massachusetts homeboy So if we take option e off the
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map that means shay's rebellion was not a made up
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of primarily laborers employed in port cities Chase rebellion was
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mounted by rural massachusetts farmers not urban laborers So the
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correct answer here is op today Following shay's rebellion most
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states sent delegates to philadelphia to amend the articles of
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confederation since many founding fathers realized that they didn't have 00:02:10.685 --> [endTime] the constitution for such a weak central government
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