Shays's Rebellion Was Provoked by

question 6

Multiple Choice

Shays's Rebellion was provoked by

• A) fear that the Articles of Confederation had created too strong a national government for the United States.
• B) efforts by wealthy merchants to replace the Articles of Confederation with a new constitution.
• C) a quarrel over the boundary between Massachusetts and Vermont.
• D) foreclosures on the mortgages of debt-strapped backcountry farmers.
• E) the government's failure to pay bonuses to Revolutionary War veterans.

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Definitions:

Neurotransmitters

Chemical substances found in the nervous system that communicate messages between neurons when released. The chemical message, once picked up by the dendrites, the cell body or the axon of a neighboring neuron, is read by that cell as a message to “fire” or “stop firing.”

Synaptic Gaps

Tiny spaces between neurons where neurotransmitters are released to allow signals to pass from one neuron to another, facilitating neural communication.

Dizygotic Origin

Pertains to twins who are born from two different eggs fertilized by two different sperm, also known as fraternal twins.

Identical Phenotypes

Individuals that have the same observable characteristics or traits, often as a result of shared genetics in identical twins.