Shays Rebellion
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led by Daniel Shays
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Shays and a band of Masachusetts farmers rose up and demanded tax and debt relief
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escalated when a mob seized the state arsenal in Soringfield
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Massachusetts militia marched in and quelled rebellion
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scares people like merchants and bankers, need a stronger gov
Bacons Rebellion
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in Virginia
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Governor of Virginia, Sir William Berkeley, was allowing the planters to have more authority than the poorer people on the fronteir
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Have troubles with Indians on the fronteir, but Berkely won't let the fronteirsmen kill them
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Nathaniel Bacon and his gang burn down Jamestown
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Bacon dies of disentary shortly after the attack
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Berkely regains control
Whiskey Rebellion
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on fronteir
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Farmers were hit hard by the whiskey excise tax that was part of Hamilton's financial plan
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farmers violently protested the tax by tarring and feathering tax collectors or destroying public buildings
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Washington send in troops to quell the rebellion
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the rebels scattered, their leader, however, was caught
Nat Turner Rebellion
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mob of black kill thousands of whites
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in turn makes people even tougher on slaves
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helps South justify slavery
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more firmly entrenches each side's view on slavery