Violent Protests in the Frontier
*Insert contextualization* Many grievances of the eighteenth century were expressed through violent protests such as the March of the Paxton Boys, Shay’s Rebellion, and the Whiskey Rebellion.
The March of the Paxton Boys was a response to Pontiac’s Rebellion by a group of Scots-Irish Pennsylvanian frontiersmen called the Paxton Boys. The Paxton Boys led an attack on the Conestoga Indians, who were a friendly Native American group living on the frontier of Pennsylvania. It was during these savage attacks that twenty Christian Indian men, women, and children were killed. Of the whole nation, only two survived. By their peers, the Paxton Boys were hailed as heroes, however, they were in contempt by the Philadelphia government. In Ben Franklin’s newspaper, he described the Paxton Boys as “Christian white savages”. The Paxton Boys were never held accountable for their murders because they threatened to march on the Philadelphian government and overthrow it. This violent protest was important because Parliament then passed the Proclamation of 1763 which forbid the settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains. The proclamation was made to keep the natives on one side of the mountains, while the colonists stayed on the other.
A weakened national government lead to the yeomen farmers in …show more content…
The March of Paxton Boys was caused by a need for revenge on Pontiac’s Rebellion and resulted in the Proclamation of 1763. Shay’s Rebellion was caused by a need for a stronger national government and resulted in an idea to change the Articles in order to strengthen the national government. The Whiskey Rebellion was caused by whiskey farmers who felt as though their part of the nation had been unfairly taxed and resulted in the continuation of the whiskey tax throughout the rest of the Federalist
*Insert contextualization* Many grievances of the eighteenth century were expressed through violent protests such as the March of the Paxton Boys, Shay’s Rebellion, and the Whiskey Rebellion.
The March of the Paxton Boys was a response to Pontiac’s Rebellion by a group of Scots-Irish Pennsylvanian frontiersmen called the Paxton Boys. The Paxton Boys led an attack on the Conestoga Indians, who were a friendly Native American group living on the frontier of Pennsylvania. It was during these savage attacks that twenty Christian Indian men, women, and children were killed. Of the whole nation, only two survived. By their peers, the Paxton Boys were hailed as heroes, however, they were in contempt by the Philadelphia government. In Ben Franklin’s newspaper, he described the Paxton Boys as “Christian white savages”. The Paxton Boys were never held accountable for their murders because they threatened to march on the Philadelphian government and overthrow it. This violent protest was important because Parliament then passed the Proclamation of 1763 which forbid the settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains. The proclamation was made to keep the natives on one side of the mountains, while the colonists stayed on the other.
A weakened national government lead to the yeomen farmers in …show more content…
The March of Paxton Boys was caused by a need for revenge on Pontiac’s Rebellion and resulted in the Proclamation of 1763. Shay’s Rebellion was caused by a need for a stronger national government and resulted in an idea to change the Articles in order to strengthen the national government. The Whiskey Rebellion was caused by whiskey farmers who felt as though their part of the nation had been unfairly taxed and resulted in the continuation of the whiskey tax throughout the rest of the Federalist