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farmers refused to pay taxes
yes,War causes debt in most cases, and after the American Revolutionary War, the new United States had to come up with a way to pay their debts to European countries. One decision that left many people in significant trouble was to increase land taxes on farmers, and this created tremendous difficulties, especially between farmers and merchants. There was inequity between the taxes farmers had to pay and the taxes merchants paid. Smaller farmers in the Eastern states couldn't meet their debts, leading to uprisings like the Shays' Rebellion.
They did not want to pay taxes to help the northern states
to pay off war debts from the American revolution
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farmers refused to pay taxes
Yes, all farmers pay taxes.
War causes debt in most cases, and after the American Revolutionary War, the new United States had to come up with a way to pay their debts to European countries. One decision that left many people in significant trouble was to increase land taxes on farmers, and this created tremendous difficulties, especially between farmers and merchants. There was inequity between the taxes farmers had to pay and the taxes merchants paid. Smaller farmers in the Eastern states couldn't meet their debts, leading to uprisings like the Shays' Rebellion.
yes,War causes debt in most cases, and after the American Revolutionary War, the new United States had to come up with a way to pay their debts to European countries. One decision that left many people in significant trouble was to increase land taxes on farmers, and this created tremendous difficulties, especially between farmers and merchants. There was inequity between the taxes farmers had to pay and the taxes merchants paid. Smaller farmers in the Eastern states couldn't meet their debts, leading to uprisings like the Shays' Rebellion.
Farmers that could not pay their debts, the amount of land they had was used to paythem off.
They did not want to pay taxes to help the northern states
They did not want to pay taxes to help the northern states
They were unable to pay their debts.
In history: Farmers would probably have paid their taxes in produce - crops, animals, etc.
the colony
Loans. They then collect taxes to pay back their debts.
When the government takes money from your income to pay debts and construction: taxes.