Question

1. what does the term debt mean? what does debt have to do with shayss rebellion?

draw an arrow next to the text from the reading that supports your answer.
answer in 1-2 complete sentences

1. how did shayss rebellion lead to the constitutional convention?

circle the text from the reading that supports your answer.
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1. what happened at the constitutional convention?

draw a squiggly line under the text from the reading that supports your answer.
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Explanation:

Question 4:

• Debt Definition: Debt is money owed, often from loans or unpaid obligations.
• Shays’ Rebellion Link: After the American Revolution, many farmers (like Daniel Shays’ followers) had debt from war-related costs/taxes. Courts seized property over unpaid debt, sparking the rebellion as they protested economic hardship and debt-related injustices.

Shays’ Rebellion exposed the Articles of Confederation’s weakness (federal government lacked power to stop unrest). Leaders feared more uprisings and realized the need for a stronger central government, so they called the Constitutional Convention to revise the Articles (later replaced by the Constitution).

At the Constitutional Convention (1787), delegates met to revise the Articles of Confederation. Instead, they drafted the U.S. Constitution, creating a federal system with three branches (legislative, executive, judicial) and compromising on issues like representation (Great Compromise) and slavery (Three - Fifths Compromise).

Answer:

• Debt means money owed (e.g., to creditors, from loans/taxes). In Shays’ Rebellion, farmers faced debt from post - Revolutionary War costs; courts’ debt - related property seizures (for unpaid taxes/debts) fueled the rebellion as they protested economic oppression.

Question 5: