Shays’ Rebellion
why did farmers who fought in the Revolutionary War received little compensation, and by the 1780s many were struggling to make ends meet
Because they where poorly paid for there time in the war
When did the United States of America declare independence from the United Kingdom in
1776
The Alien and Sedition Acts were a series of four laws passed by the U.S. Congress in
1798
Whiskey a liquor whose origins in
medieval Scotland or Ireland
Why were Massachusetts residents expected to pay higher taxes than they had ever paid to the British
in order to assure that Governor James Bowdoin’s business associates would receive a good return on their investments
the first constitution the founders created, the Articles of
Confederation
The Federalist Party, which supported a strong central government, had largely dominated politics in the new nation before - when John Adams won election as the second U.S. president
1796
Whiskey’s rise as an American liquor was due in large part to the fact that it didn’t have to be
imported
A concerned Henry Knox, an artillery commander during the Revolutionary war and the future first U.S. Secretary of War, wrote to
George Washington
When did the founders met again in Philadelphia in
1787
In opposition to the Federalists stood the Democratic-Republican Party, also known as - for their ideological leader
Jeffersonians
even after the hostilities ended, the rum trade wasn’t——as it had existed prior to the war
reestablished to the same degree
Shays became involved with the insurgents sometime in the summer of
1786
federalism became the guiding principle to safeguard Americans against who’s? style tyranny while providing a check against rogue states
King George III
After the Americans refused, word of the so-called XYZ Affair spread at home, sparking outrage and calls for war against
France
In Europe liquor was commonly made from
potatoes, wheat, rye or barley
In September Shays led a group of how many men to shut down the court in Springfield
600
The Articles of Confederation were written and ratified while what war was still raging
Revolutionary War
Writing in he year of June - in the Gazette of the United States, Alexander Hamilton called the Jeffersonians “more Frenchmen than Americans” and claimed that they were prepared “to immolate the independence and welfare of their country at the shrine of France
1794
William Rorabaugh the author of the 1979 book the
The Alcoholic Republic: An American Tradition