Daniel Shays led a rebellion against high taxes that forced farmers into debt.
Daniel Shay, a disgruntled Revolutionary War veteran
1786-87, Daniel Shays, a former captain in the American Revolution. After several bloodless success Shays and his 'army' were routed by Gen. William Shepherd while attacking the federal arsenal in Springfield. Shays fled to Vermont. Later he and other leaders of the rebellion were pardoned by Governor John Hancock.
The federal arsenal (storage place for weapons) was the Springfield Armory located in Springfield, Massachusetts.
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Shays' Rebellion Farmers were unable to pay the debts and taxes on their farms and they were being taken away by the courts. Daniel Shays reasoned that his farm could not be taken away by the court if there was no court. He raised a militia and led an uprising. They started burning down the courts in Western Massachusetts. The idea quickly spread and others began to do the same. At the time the states had very little federal backing and were unable to deal with crisis such as this on their own. The federal government had no authority to step in and help them under the Articles of the Confederation. This event was a major factor in the creation of the Constitution.
The site of the federal arsenal where a militant abolitionist, John Brown, led the famous raid in 1859 is Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. Brown, along with a group of followers, hoped to incite a slave rebellion by seizing weapons from the arsenal. The raid was ultimately unsuccessful, and Brown was captured, tried, and executed.
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Daniel shays the uprising was also known as the shays rebellion
1786-87, Daniel Shays, a former captain in the American Revolution. After several bloodless success Shays and his 'army' were routed by Gen. William Shepherd while attacking the federal arsenal in Springfield. Shays fled to Vermont. Later he and other leaders of the rebellion were pardoned by Governor John Hancock.
The federal arsenal (storage place for weapons) was the Springfield Armory located in Springfield, Massachusetts.
Brown's goal was to obtain weapons from the arsenal in order to arm slaves and cause a slave uprising in Virginia
He had hoped to steal enough weapons to arm a slave uprising in Virginia
He raided Harper's Ferry for weaponry from the Federal arsenal there, intending to start a major slave uprising.
to seize a federal arsenal and start a widespread slave uprising
He had hoped to steal enough weapons to arm a slave uprising in Virginia
He intended to take guns from the arsenal and give them to slaves so that those slaves could start a rebellion and become free.
Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia) was a small town, where a Federal Arsenal was located. Brown became convinced that if he started an uprising among slaves by providing weapons and strategy, the revolt would spread across the entire south. Thus, by raiding the Federal Arsenal at Harpers Ferry, he, his sons, and men could seize weapons and provide them to slaves, during what he envisioned as a revolt.