The revolt is known as Shay's Rebellion, after the leader Daniel Shays. Shays and his contemporaries felt that Massachusetts should have forgiven the debt of farmers who fought for independence against the British instead of having their land seized and being thrown in debtor's prison.
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western farmers
1790, American farmers wanted fair tax laws and the right to settle western lands.
Named after Revolutionary War Captain Daniel Shay, Shay's Rebellion (1786-1787) led poor farmers in north and western Massachusetts against the Republican government in Boston. It was the first armed rebellion against the new American government. The long-term result was that Massachusetts violent response led to the Articles of Confederation being replaced by the just-written Constitution of the United States.
Farmers in western Pennsylvania started it.
Daniel Shay
1786-1787
1786-1787
white people
Because of high taxes, they faced the loss of their farms to foreclosure.
Western Counties Regional Library was created in 1969.
In Western Massachusetts.
The Whiskey Rebellion broke out in 1792 when farmers in western Pennsylvania rose up against the tax on whiskey imposed by the federal government. The farmers felt unfairly burdened by the tax and saw it as a threat to their livelihood. The rebellion was eventually put down by federal troops sent by President George Washington.
Shay's Rebellion (1786-1787) was a series of protests by farmers against state and local enforcement of tax collections and judgments for debt. Vendors had started to require payments in cash, which was in short supply for many farmers. The problem was that subsistence farmers lived on credit and paid in good years. It was most concentrated in Massachusetts, although it extended in the area from New Hampshire to South Carolina. Interestingly, it was part of the impetus to replace the Articles of Confederation with the Constitution and led to George Washington's presidency.
why did western farmers want free silver?
Shay's Rebellion was an armed uprising in Central/Western Massachusetts that started on August 29, 1786. The financial difficulties of the depression, lack of currency, and harsh government policies led to the start of the rebellion.