The people that Justin moved in with after his parents died.
Who are Molly and Peter McColloch?
100
The group of Massachusetts farmers who armed themselves and rebelled against the state government.
Who are the Regulators?
100
The American Revolution as a captain.
In what war did Daniel Shays serve and what rank did he achieve?
100
The farmers were taxed heavily by the Massachusetts government and they also had to borrow money because of lack of pay from serving in the American Revolution.
Why did the rural farmers of Massachusetts have a lot of debt?
100
What the Founding Fathers were afraid to create in the Articles of Confederation.
What is a strong Federal government?
200
To spy on him and to earn back Peter's oxen.
Why did Justin begin working for (or living with) Major Mattoon?
200
What the Regulators wore to symbolize resistance to tyranny.
What are evergreen sprigs in their hats?
200
What was presented to Daniel Shays in honor of his military service in the American Revolution.
What is the Lafayette Sword?
200
Where the Massachusetts farmers were sent if they could not pay their debts.
What is debtors prison?
200
Those who argued for a stronger central government.
Who are the Federalists?
300
Where Justin lived with his Aunt and Uncle.
What is Pelham, Massachusetts?
300
Losing their farms, livestock, crops and going to debtors prison.
What were the Regulators rebelling against?
300
The course of action Daniel Shays took prior to rebelling against the Massachusetts government.
What is to petition the legislature in Boston?
300
The "plain farmers" felt they did not have enough money to support representative in the government.
Why were the Massachusetts farmers not represented in the state government?
300
Those who argued against a strong central government.
Who are the anti-federalists?
400
The reason Levi said Justin was a hero.
What is saving Peter from one of Lincoln's soldiers by hitting him with his musket?
400
The choice the Commonwealth of Massachusetts gave to the Regulators if they chose to stop rebelling.
What is to take an "Oath of loyalty (or allegiance) to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts?"
400
The first court successfully closed by the rebelling farmers.
What is Northampton?
400
They were charging high fees that the farmers could not afford to pay.
Why were the plain farmers also angry with the lawyers and the court system?
400
The federal government did not have enough money to call up an army.
Why was the federal government unable to fund troops to put down Shays' Rebellion?
500
Break and run after being fired upon twice by a cannon and then guns.
What did Justin and the other Regulators do when they tried to overtake the Springfield Arsenal?
500
Most of the Regulators had military experience from this war?
What is the American Revolution?
500
The loses suffered by the Regulators at the Springfield Armory.
What are four Shaysites killed and twenty wounded?
500
In western Massachusetts.
In what part of Massachusetts did the "Plain Farmers" live?
500
From 1777 until 1789.
In what years was the Articles of Confederation the constitution of the United States?