Shays

2. - to take a test to qualify for the
Geo Bee
- to review material about the
Northwest Territory and Shays’
Rebellion

3. The United States
gained a huge new area
after the Revolutionary
War
It now had to decide
how to divide it up into
existing states or new
ones

4. “THE FRONTIER”

5. show where Frontier is “THE FRONTIER”

7. The Northwest Territory
was surveyed into
organized sections
a TOWNSHIP was a 36
square mile area

8. TOWNSHIP
6 miles
6miles

9. 1 TOWNSHIP = 36 SQUARE MILES
Section #16 was
usually reserved for
the public school of
the township

10. The _____________________________
(1787) described how the Northwest
Territory was to be governed. As the
territory grew in population, it would
gain the rights to self-government.
When there were ______ free males in
an area, men who owned at least
_______ acres of land could elect an
assembly. When there were ________
people, they could apply to become a
new state.
NORTHWEST ORDINANCE
5,000
50
60,000

11. NORTHWEST TERRITORY

13. Minnesota
Wisconsin
Illinois
Michigan
Ohio
Indiana

14. The organization of the
Northwest Territory was
important because it
created an orderly plan
to settle a new area of
the United States

16. January of 1787
WHEN:

17. Massachusetts
WHERE:

18. Farmers were upset
about high taxes – if
they could not pay taxes
they were put in jail
WHY:

19. Every state was having
economic trouble in the
mid 1780’s
An average family paid
$200 a year in taxes –
more than most people
made in a year

20. DANIEL SHAYS leads a
rebellion of about 1,500
men, mostly farmers
They are upset about
paying high taxes and
want debt relief from
the government

21. Government does not
help them
They gather and march
on a federal arsenal – a
storage place for
weapons

22. About 900 state militia
men stop the uprising
The general public
sides with the farmers
Very close to having
chaos because of taxes

23. SHAYS’
REBELLION

25. RESULT:
The uprising is stopped
Shays is pardoned years
later

26. LASTING EFFECT:
America realizes they
need a stronger national
government if they are
to survive as a country.

31. A new version of the political cartoon, after Shays’. What does it mean?