Chapter 5

Question 1

Who was Phyllis Wheatley?

Answer 1

• Enslaved African American poet in Boston
• First African American woman to publish a book of poetry
• Her writings used both Christian and Enlightenment themes to argue for Black intellectual equality

Question 2

What were the causes of Shay’s rebellion?

Answer 2

• post war debt led to high taxes and debt in Massachusetts
• Farmers were losing land from unpaid debts.
• paper currency was wanted.
• The court system also usually sided with the creditors (the banks)

Question 3

Who was Daniel Shays?

Answer 3

• a former captain in the Continental Army
• Helped armed farmers to raid court houses

Question 4

Why did Jefferson support rebellions?

Answer 4

We need rebellions so the government fears the people

Question 5

Who was against Shays’s rebellion?

Answer 5

• George Washington
• John Adams

Question 6

Why was Rhode Island in economic crisis?

Answer 6

• postwar debt
• no currency
• inflation

Question 7

How did Rhode Island deal with its economic crisis? What weakness did this show?

Answer 7

• issued paper money which caused massive inflation
• Articles of Confederation introduced economic instability