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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