relationships with colonies
True or false
the British Tarrifs applied to goods such as rice tobacoo tar and oil
true
What were some international trade issues among the states?
What did shays rebellion show the weakness of?
(look in call for change section)
It showed the weakness of confederation government.
Who is Daniels shays, what did he do?
He was a poor farmer who was also a revolutionary war veteran.
What did the confederation government make Americans admit?
That the article of confederation failed to protect the ideas of liberty in the declaration of independence.
what year did the Spanish officials close the Mississippi river to the US shipping
1784
What would be the effect of confederation not having power to regulate inter state commerce?
Trade laws would differed from state to state.
What did the Massachusetts refused to do?
To print worthless paper money.
What would the state government do if the rebels didn't stop.
They would be under the threat of capture and death
did congress offer help to the Massachusetts
No they offered little help
What did Britain do in addition to closing their shipping ports?
they forced merchants to pay high tarrifs taxes on imports or exports
What was an effect of different trade laws for merchants?
This situation made trade difficult for merchants whose business crossed state lines.
How did Massachusetts tax policy affect farmers?
Because they had to pay new taxes
What were farmers protesting against?
High taxes and heavy debt.
What was the national conference for?
Economic problems and ways to change the articles of confederation.
Because Spanish officials sent goods to Eastern and foreign markets
What happened after the revolutionary war?
Most states had a hard time paying off war debts and struggled to collect overdue taxes.
What did the courts forces farmers to do?
Courts began forcing them to sell them to sell their properties.
January 1787
Where did the conference take place, when?
Annapolis Maryland in September 1786
Did congresses agreement work with Spain?
No it did not because they didn't receive a majority vote.
Did the money that the states printed value anything? and why?
No because states did not have gold or silver reserves to back it up.
What happened in August 1786
Three western counties began a revolt.
yes because state officials knew many citizens of the states agreed with the rebels and their causes
what were the states that didn't respond to the request
Connecticut, Georgia, south Carolina, and maryland