History question (around the ratification of the Constitution)?

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Dave B

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They probably didn't like it very much at all. The individuals involved in Shay's Rebellion were all about personal rights and liberties. The Constitution, by itself, didn't do much to address these rights. It wasn't until the Bill of Rights came along that our personal liberties were specifically protected.

Having said that, the Bill of Rights didn't come along until after the Constitution itself was ratified. The proposed Constitution must have looked damn scary. It probably seemed similarly restrictive as the policies of King George--the same policies that compelled them to rebel 15 years earlier
 
How did the inhabitants of the regions in which Shays’ Rebellion and the Whiskey Rebellion occurred regard the proposed Constitution? Does any common thread unite them with the prerevolutionary era groups mentioned in the previous question?

[[[[[[[[The previous question is Did the battle over ratification of the Constitution hearken back in any way to such earlier controversies as the ones associated with the Regulators and the Paxton Boys?, but I've already answered it]]]]]]]]]]]

I really just need the first part answered. Not really a long response, just a few bits of info would be fine. I need a lead to research on. I'm awful at History, so I'm pretty much in the dark about it.
 
They probably didn't like it very much at all. The individuals involved in Shay's Rebellion were all about personal rights and liberties. The Constitution, by itself, didn't do much to address these rights. It wasn't until the Bill of Rights came along that our personal liberties were specifically protected.

Having said that, the Bill of Rights didn't come along until after the Constitution itself was ratified. The proposed Constitution must have looked damn scary. It probably seemed similarly restrictive as the policies of King George--the same policies that compelled them to rebel 15 years earlier
 
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