Shay's+Rebellion

|| Note: Shay's Rebellion took place about three years after the Revolutionary War ended. Much of America was going through tough economic times. Many people, including farmers, were in debt. It had taken a lot of money for the country to gain it's freedom. A new government had just been created for the newly independent America.
 * Directions: Read the 'note' first. Then read the following article and answer the questions that follow.

Vocabulary: 1. resentment-bitter feelings; anger towards someone because of something a person is believed to have done.

2. tyranny-a government in which one person has absolute authority.

3. Arsenal-a place were weapons and ammunition are made or stored.

QUESTIONS:

1. Why were the farmers so angry?

2. What did George Washington mean when he said, "mankind, when left to themselves, are unfit for their own government."

3. Why would Thomas Jefferson have said, " A little rebellion, now and then, is a good thing." ||

Excerpt from "The American Journey." Appleby, Brinkley and McPherson 