Frontiermen during the eighteenth century created social, political, and economic issues in their rebellious protest.

The Paxton Boys were a group of people who lived on the frontier, who were formed to respond to the fear of Native Americans spreading throughout America during the time of the French and Indian War. In fact, the Paxton Boys were a Rebellion to the Pontiac Rebellion. The Paxton Boys carried out many rebellious acts which were unprosecuted. Therefore, the Conestoga Massacre is a result of the Paxton Boys.

The Conestoga Massacre occurred because of arguments over land, the massacre also occurred because Natives felt like they were being mistreated by white settlers. Native Americans carried out the various attack against the white settlers which made the settlers fearful.

The Regulator movement was a movement that …show more content…
These farmers created protest which was against local and state tax collections. Shay’s Rebellion was the strongest in Massettuchetts where economic depression was mainly occurring. The name of the rebellion came from a previous Captain of the Continental Army, Daniel Shay. Farmers that were in debt were arrested which made paying the debt back an even harder challenge.

The Whiskey Rebellion was a tax protest. In 1794, thousands of farmers had taken up arms in opposition to the enforcement of a federal law calling for the imposition of an excise tax on distilled spirits in western Pennsylvania. As time progressed congress established the excise tax in 1791 to reduce $54 million of national debt.

The excise tax of 1791 did not seem oppressive by modern standards. The taxes during the Whisky Rebellion were based on the size of their stills, which annually produced between 400 gallons with tax prices from 7-18 cents depending on their proof of liquor. The smaller stills were taxed at 10 cents every month a still was in operation or 7 cents for every gallon