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Shortly after Shays's Rebellion broke out, delegates from five states met in Annapolis, Maryland from September 11–14, 1786, and they concluded that vigorous steps were needed to reform the federal government, but they disbanded because of a lack of full representation and authority, calling for a convention of all the states to be held in ...
To cope with the war-time debts, several states were forced to raise taxes to a level several times higher than it had been prior to the war. These taxes sparked anger among the populace, particularly in rural areas, and in Massachusetts led to an armed uprising known as Shays' Rebellion. As both Congress and the government of Massachusetts ...
On 4 November 1576, mutinying Spanish tercios of the Army of Flanders began the sack of Antwerp, leading to three days of horror among the population of the city, which was the cultural, economic and financial center of the Low Countries. The savagery of the sack led the provinces of the Low Countries to unite against the Spanish crown.
From the violent Shays Rebellion to the Jan. 6 insurrection, American democracy has been tested several times. | Opinion
The war is named for the alliance signed between Austria and the Triple Alliance of Great Britain, France, and the Dutch Republic against Spain on 2 August 1718. [5] Savoy entered the alliance on 8 November, despite fighting Spain in Sicily since 1 July. [2] Inversely, the Dutch Republic did not declare war on Spain until August 1719. [3]
The defeat led to the collapse of King George's control of Parliament, with a majority now in favor of ending the war on American terms. On September 3, 1783, the British signed the Treaty of Paris , granting the United States nearly all the territory east of the Mississippi River and south of the Great Lakes .
Spain establishes El Presidio Reál de Santa Barbara in Las Californias, April 21, 1782; Northwest Indian War, 1785 – August 3, 1795 Treaty of Greenville, August 3, 1795; Shays' Rebellion, August 29, 1786 – May 25, 1787; The Philadelphia Convention writes a new Constitution of the United States, May 25 – September 17, 1787
First Guale revolt developed in Florida against the Spanish missions and led by Juanillo: New Spain: Rebels led by Juanillo: Rebellion suppressed [152] [153] 1598 First Tarnovo uprising: Ottoman Empire: Bulgarian rebels Rebellion suppressed 1600–1601 Thessaly rebellion: Ottoman Empire: Greek rebels Rebellion suppressed 1600–1607 Acaxee ...