Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Shays' Rebellion: Taking Up Arms

Watch Shays' Rebellion Taking Up Arms.

Rewrite each of the questions below and answer them using complete sentences.

1. How did Shaysites view the courts?
2. What were the Shaysites hoping to accomplish by attacking the court house?  
3. Explain Adams' view on rebelling against the republic. Do you agree or disagree with this?
4. What was the Militia Act?
5. What was the point in suspending habeaus corpus?
6. What was the Riot Act?
7. What did Knox believe should happen as a result of the rebellion?
8. According to the video, why was the federal government "helpless"?

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