Why was harper’s ferry, virginia, significant in the antebellum era?

Harper's ferry, Virginia was considered significant  in the antebellum era Because: it was the site of a failed slave rebellion in October of 1859.

This site was known as the site where slave rebellion led by John Brown occurred in 1859. John Brown targeted this place since it was used to store large number of ammunition and weapons. But the raid ended up in failure and John Brown was sentenced to death.

1. the townshend acts of 1767 “threaten the country with poverty and ruin.”

at a town meeting held at faneuil hall in boston on october 28, 1767, boston freeholders and residents discussed the implications of the brutal townshend acts levied against the colonists. the townshend acts were a set of four acts passed by the british parliament in the summer of 1767 in order to generate revenue for the crown (through duties on goods such as lead, glass, paper, and tea) as well as exert british control over the increasingly rebellious colonists.

during the oct. 28 meeting, the bostonians found:

the excessive use of foreign superfluities is the chief cause of the present distressed state of this town, as it is thereby drained of its money: which misfortune is likely to be increased by means of the late additional burthens and impositions on the trade of the province, which threaten the country with poverty and ruin.

as a result, the citizens unanimously voted to boycott all british-made goods.

the ansseer is going to be c i think