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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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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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