Depression & Hardship in America

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Depression & Hardship in America Shays’ Rebellion Depression & Hardship in America

Story of Rachel Wells, reveals the problems faced by the impoverished (weakened or poor) states: “To the Honnorabell Congress I rachel do make this Complaint Who am a Widow advanced in years & Dearly have occasion of ye Interst for that Cash I lent the States. I was a Sitisen in ye jersey when I Lent ye State a considerable Sum of Moneys & had I justice dun me it mite be Suficant to suporte me in ye Contrey whear I am now…but Being…so Robd by the Britans & others I went to Phila(delphia) to try to get a living…& was There in the year 1783 when our assembley was pleasd to pas a Law that No one Should have aney Interest that Livd out of jearsey Stats…Now gentlemen in this Liberty, had it bin advertised that he or She that Moved out of the Stat should Louse his or her Interest you mite have sum plea against me…God has Spred a plentiful table for us & you gentlemen are ye Carvers for us preay forgit Not the Poor weaklings at the foot of the Tabel ye poor Sogers (soldiers) has got Sum Crumbs That fall from their masters tabel.” Illustrates the hardships faced by the people who lent money to the Congress during the war.

Economic Depression Congress borrowed money from citizens during the war to pay expenses Thousands of soldiers came home after the war Unemployment rose Dollar value depreciated (was worth less) States printed their own money/No national currency Amount of exports dropped sharply States forced high taxes to pay the war debt & offset the lack of exports Farmers did not have money to pay high taxes State officials seized lands & threw farmers in jail Many people called the govt. another form of tyranny BOOM & BUST WAS THE WAY OF LIFE There is a button on the last bullet point that links to a website we can talk about tomorrow.

Shays’ Rebellion Farmers in western Mass. responded in 1786 Daniel Shays led a group that forced courts to close Kept judges from taking land Congress asked other state militias to help Other states refused January 1787 – 1,000 farmers marched on an arsenal in Springfield State militia was ready & killed 4 farmers Farmers scattered & uprising ended Showed that the Articles needed to be re-addressed & amended Sam Adams actually said that he believed foreigners were leading treason amongst the commoners. He said that to rebel in a republic, unlike a monarchy, should be punished by execution. I was going to pull pup Google Earth and show them where Springfield is. It is so close to Connecticut and NY, to link the weaknesses of the Articles that the other states would not send militia. I tried to find a map of where Springfield and the rebellion, but had no luck.

Newly elected governor John Hancock gave those involved a pardon (2nd chance)

Reactions to Rebellion “I am mortified beyond expression, that in the moment of our independence we should by our conduct render ourselves ridiculous and contemptible in the eyes of all Europe.” “We are all in dire apprehension that a beginning of anarchy with all its calamitys has approached, and have no means to stop the dreadful work.” Quotes from different leaders about the rebellion, the pictures on the background are actually where the rebellion took place. The first quote is from Washington and the last quote is from George Washington in a letter to John Jay. “I do not conceive we can exist long as a nation without…a power which will saturate the whole Union in as energetic manner as the authority of the state governments extends over each state.”