Author Question: Shays's Rebellion was ultimately defeated by A) a group of citizens who self-organized to combat ... (Read 72 times)

nummyann · **on:** Sep 3, 2018

Shays's Rebellion was ultimately defeated by

A) a group of citizens who self-organized to combat the threat from the rebels.
B) the U.S. military, called into action by the Confederation Congress.
C) the Massachusetts militia.
D) the weather, when rebels were not prepared for the winter.
E) a mercenary force recruited by the central government, because American soldiers would not fire on other Americans.

Question 2

Shays's Rebellion consisted of

A) farmers trying to prevent foreclosure on their property for high taxes levied to finance the state's wartime debt.
B) Massachusetts residents protesting New Hampshire's import tax on their state's products.
C) Bostonians throwing British tea into Boston Harbor.
D) Massachusetts residents protesting the national government's tax on liquor and a tax on voting rights.
E) tobacco farmers protesting tariffs on their crops.