What is Daniel Shays best remembered for?

Answer 1

Shays led a group of farmers in an aborted revolt known as Shays' Rebellion. Angry over foreclosures caused largely by the government's failure under the Articles of Confederation to pay wages owed to Revolutionary War soldiers, farmers attempted to raid a federal arsenal but were turned back by a private army (hired because Congress hadn't paid the current national army at the time either and was terrified of the risk that they too would revolt). Though Shays didn't immediately succeed, his rebellion did create the catalyst needed to bring delegates to Philadelphia for what would become known as the Constitutional Convention.

Answer 2

Daniel Shays ( 1747-1825) organized a rebellion against the colonial government of Massachusetts in 1786 in protest of their failure to pay him for his military service. I would not rank him as very important, but people still remember the name .so maybe he is more important than I think.

Answer 3

his rebellion showed that the country could not defend itself since it could not raise an army under the AoC

Answer 4

he helped the farmers and reproduced one by one

Answer 5

shays' rebellion