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Shay's rebellion
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(what lead to shay’s rebellion:) Massachusetts’s government raised taxes to pay off its debts instead of issuing paper money. These taxes fell most heavily on poor farmers in the west part of the state. This caused many farmers to loose their farms. (The impact of Shay’s rebellion:) Shay’s rebellion prevented farm foreclosures. This allowed America’s leaders to realize that the government had to be altered to secure lives and property.
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Land Ordinance of 1785
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: set the western territories into a grid system and made it so western lands were to be states not colonies. One section of each grid was devoted to education.
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Proclamation of 1763
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The Royal proclamation of 1763 prohibited colonists from settling west of an imaginary line running north to south along the Appalachian Mountains.
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DOMINION OF NEW ENGLAND:
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Bill of rights in New England, leads to democratic rights
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BACON’S REBELLION
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Rebellion of indentured servants, lead to slavery
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FUNDAMENTAL ORDERS OF CONNECTICUT:
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a constitution
which allowed all men, not just church members, to vote and serve in the government |
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Northwest Ordinance of 1787
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The NW ordinance affected the spread of slavery by slowing it down because they didn’t allow slavery in the NW ordinance NW territories to become states, no slavery.
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