I’m interested in seeing if you can do my history home work, listed below is assignment details
In 1786, facing seizure of their land, farmer Daniel Shays led a “mob” of angry, debt-ridden farmers against the judicial establishment in western Massachusetts.
Our goal with this project is to use primary sources that both condemn and defend Shays and his followers in an effort to better understand debates surrounding the strength of government following the American Revolution.
Next, prepare a 300-500 word response addressing the questions listed at the bottom of each slide (4 questions total).
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Shay’s Rebellion Choice Assignment
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Objective: After watching the video on Shay’s Rebellion, students will either condemn or defend Daniel Shay’s for his actions by doing one of the following:
a) composing an acrostic for a newspaper of the time incorporating at least one of the quotes on pg. 2
b) creating a political cartoon which demonstrates their perspective that incorporates at least one of the quotes on pg. 2
“Mr. BUTLER—Please to publish the following.
THERE is a word much-used at this day, which is not explained by Johnson or Bayley: perhaps some idea of its signification may be found in the following:
A CROSTICK
I nsolvent debtors, aiming ne’er to pay:
N otorious gamblers risking all at play.
S edtious whigs, who think a man should die,
U nless his sentiments with their’ comply.
R evengeful tories, democracy disdain;
G reat Britain, they think ought to rule & reign.
E nlarg’d jail-birds, men with five years pay:–
N ews-men, Court members, servants run away
T the vicious ign’rant herd; for knaves fit tools
S ome may be honest, yet deluded fools.”
Quotations about Shay’s Rebellion
“Rebellion against a king may be pardoned, or lightly punished, but the man who dares to rebel against the laws of a republic ought to suffer death.” ~ Samuel Adams
“A little rebellion now and then is a good thing. … God forbid we should ever be twenty years without such a rebellion. The people cannot be all, and always, well informed. The part which is wrong will be discontented, in proportion to the importance of the facts they misconceive. If they remain quiet under such misconceptions, it is lethargy, the forerunner of death to the public liberty. …And what country can preserve its liberties, if its rulers are not warned from time to time, that this people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to the facts, pardon, and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure” ~ Thomas Jefferson
“What a triumph for the advocates of despotism, to find that we are incapable of governing ourselves.” ~ George Washington








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