Chapter 6

Quiz for Document 6-5: Daniel Gray, Address to the People of Several Towns (1786)

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Question 1

The grievances articulated by Daniel Gray in his Address to the People of Several Towns are historically significant for which of the following reasons?A. They illustrate the impact of the grim postwar economy on American farmers and state governments.
B. They show that even former Continental soldiers did not really understand the meaning of the Revolution.
C. They suggest that the state governments in the 1780s were neither democratic nor republican in practice.
D. They indicate that the people of Massachusetts would never be satisfied, no matter how radical their government.

Question 2

According to Gray, the “Gaols” (jails) were being filled with debtors unable to pay their debts because ofA. high interest rates.
B. high unemployment rates.
C. low land values.
D. scarcity of cash.

Question 3

Gray complains about the unjust punishment of those who stand up for the rights of the people through the “Suspension of the writ of Habeas Corpes,” which meant thatA. citizens could be sentenced to be hanged for non-capital crimes.
B. farmers could have their lands and livestock confiscated.
C. people were being incarcerated without being brought before a judge and charged.
D. sheriffs could refuse to release the bodies of those executed.