Shays’ Rebellion WebQuest
Shay’s Rebellion WebQuest
Focus Question: Were the Articles of Confederation an effective governing system?
Directions: 1. You may work with TWO partners. Each partner must complete their own packet for a daily class grade.
2. Go to the following website: http://shaysrebellion.stcc.edu/
3. Click on Historical Scenes.
4. Follow the questions outlined in the Web Quest. The headings in bold print are the names of each historical scene. The headings in italics refer to individual tabs of each historic scene, located at the top each scenes text. The headings in normal print refer to the actual headings in the text.
Example: Petition and Protest-Historical Scene Overview-Tab Under Siege-Heading
In this example, you should click on the Petition and Protest link to direct you to the proper historical scene. Then you will direct your attention to the Overview tab located at the top of each scenes text. Last, you will read under the Under Siege heading to search for your answers.
5. On a sheet of notebook paper, numbered 1-22, answer the corresponding questions to each scene.
6. Questions 1-22 must be completed in class. This assignment will be completed for a daily grade.
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Shays’ Rebellion WebQuest
War’s End
Overview-A Precarious Situation
1. What was the Newburgh Conspiracy?
Overview-Emergency Measures
2. Who’s suggestion was it to allow soldiers to keep their, “uniforms, muskets, and other army-issued equipment”?
Army (Tab)
3. According to Thomas Fosters Diary, what two questions seemed to be on every soldier’s lips?
Boom and Bust
Boom (Tab)
4. In November 1783, how was business for store owner John Williams? 5. List 3 items available for purchase, at affordable prices, from Williams Store.
Portrait (Image)
6. Why was sugar harder to get and more expensive during the war?
Bust (Tab)
7. What was different about John Williams store in the fall of 1784 as opposed to the fall of 1783? 8. What was specie? 9. What is the difference between direct taxes and indirect taxes?
Petition and Protest
Overview-Under Siege
10. What were the Courts of Common Pleas, and what kinds of cases were tried there? 11. What were the Supreme Judicial Courts, and what kind of cases was tried there? 12. In 1780, what group of individuals referred to themselves as the “Regulators”?
Overview-An Uneasy Truce
13. What 3 demands did Captain. Daniel Shays make to General Shepard on behalf of the “Regulators”?
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A Bloody Encounter
Overview-At the Arsenal
14. When are where (specific) did Shays’ Rebellion take place?
Regulators (Tab)
15. How many Rebels stormed the Massachusetts Arsenal on January 25, 1787? 16. According to the text, what was the reason for taking the Arsenal in the first place?
Government (Tab)
17. True or False-Daniel Shays and the Regulators successfully took over the Arsenal, and had their concerns and grievances heard in a court of law? (If False, briefly describe the outcome of Shays Rebellion)
Taking the Oath
Observers (Bottom left box)
18. How did George Washington feel about Daniel Shays after the rebellion?
Overview-Partial Pardon
19. What was the Disqualification Act? 20. List 3 effects/outcomes that resulted from the passing of the Disqualification Act?
Regulators-Defeat
21. What became of Captain Daniel Shays after the rebellion?
Making a Nation
Overview-Fatal Flaws
22. What weakness of the Articles of Confederation did Edmond Randolph speak of in the opening speech of the 1787 Philadelphia Convention?
EXTRA CREDIT-TRY IT, YOU KNOW IT!
What historic document was constructed in part due to the cause and effect of Shays Rebellion, and the problem of weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation?
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Shays’ Rebellion WebQuest
War’s End
Overview-A Precarious Situation
23. What was the Newburgh Conspiracy? A movement among officers within the Continental Army in the winter of 1782-83 to pressure Congress into honoring earlier agreements of pensions and back pay.
Overview-Emergency Measures
24. Who’s suggestion was it to allow soldiers to keep their, “uniforms, muskets, and other army-issued equipment? General George Washington
Army (Tab)
25. According to Thomas Fosters Diary, what two questions seemed to be on every soldiers lips? "When do you expect to be discharged and go home and be rid of this army"? and, "How we are to be paid off"?
Boom and Bust
Boom (Tab)
26. In November of 1783, how was business for store owner John Williams His shelves were well-stocked, and the store hummed with activity. 27. List 3 items available for purchase, at affordable prices, from Williams Store Rum, sugar, salt, nails, clothes
Portrait (Image)
28. Why was sugar harder to get and more expensive during the war? During the war, British blockades meant that sugar from the West Indies was harder to get and more expensive.
Bust (Tab)
29. What was different about John Williams store in the fall of 1784 as opposed to the fall of 1783? Fewer customers were willing or able to buy. 30. What was specie? Gold or silver currency.
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31. What is the difference between direct taxes and indirect taxes? Taxes that is levied directly on the taxpayer as opposed to indirect taxes, which are levied on particular goods or services.
Petition and Protest
Overview-Under Siege
32. What was the Courts of Common Pleas, and what kind of cases were tried there? A court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; This court tried civil cases, including lawsuits for debt. 33. What was the Supreme Judicial Courts, and what kind of cases were tried there? The highest judicial court in Massachusetts; Tried cases appealed from the lower Courts of Common Pleas, as well as criminal cases. 34. In 1780, what group of individuals referred to themselves as the “Regulators”? The term by which the Massachusetts protesters of the 1780s referred to themselves.
Overview-An Uneasy Truce
35. What 3 demands did Captain. Daniel Shays make to General Shepard on behalf of the “Regulators”? a. He asked that the state legislature refrain from indicting any man who had been part of the previous court closings. b. That no more courts convene until the people's grievances had been considered and redressed. c. That the government dismiss the government militia guarding the courthouse.
A Bloody Encounter
Overview-At the Arsenal
36. When are where (specific) did Shays’ Rebellion take place? January 25, 1787, United States Arsenal, Springfield, Massachusetts
Regulators (Tab)
37. How many Rebels stormed the Massachusetts Arsenal on January 25, 1787? 1,400 38. According to the text, what was the reason for taking the Arsenal in the first place? Taking the Arsenal, the Regulators reasoned, would force the government to listen to the peoples' grievances and concerns.
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Shays’ Rebellion WebQuest
Government (Tab)
39. True or False-Daniel Shays and the Regulators successfully took over the Arsenal, and had their concerns and grievances heard in a court of law? (If False, briefly describe the outcome of Shays Rebellion) False-General Shepard generously the Rebels three minutes to disperse peaceably. After their refusal, the General ordered the artillery to fire warning shots. The rebel leaders ordered their men forward. Next, cannonballs smashed straight into the advancing mob. Grapeshot from a howitzer cast the rebels into a state of confusion panic. Without a musket being fired on either side, Shays' mob turned tail and fled, leaving behind their dead and wounded.
Taking the Oath
Observers (Bottom left box)
40. How did George Washington feel about Daniel Shays after the rebellion? Shays was either a weak man, “the dupe of some characters who are yet behind the curtain”, or “has been deceived by his followers.”
Overview-Partial Pardon
41. What was the Disqualification Act? The Disqualification Act sets forth conditions for granting pardons to the men who participated in Shays' Rebellion as privates or non-commissioned officers.-Regulators that came forward had to pay a 9 pence fee for taking the oath of loyalty to the state. 42. List 3 effects/outcomes that resulted from the enforcement of the Disqualification Act? Oath takers had to surrender their weapons. They were prohibited from running a tavern, teaching school, holding office or voting for three years.
Regulators-Defeat
43. What became of Captain Daniel Shays after the rebellion? Shays and other leaders had gone into hiding in neighboring New York and Vermont, exiled from their homes and families.-Side Note: Shays was arrested in Vermont and sentenced to death for his part in the rebellion. Shays was later pardoned, and eventually received a pension for his 5 years of service without pay in the Continental Army. However, Shays was vilified for his part in the rebellion and spent his remaining days drunk and in poverty.
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Making a Nation
Overview-Fatal Flaws
44. What weakness of the Articles of Confederation did Edmond Randolph speak of in the opening speech of the 1787 Philadelphia Convention? "The foederal government could not check the quarrels between states, nor a rebellion in any."
EXTRA CREDIT-TRY IT, YOU KNOW IT!
What historic document was constructed in part due to cause and effect of Shays Rebellion in conjunction with the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
The United States Constitution
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