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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.

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