Farmers in western Pennsylvania started it.
In Western Massachusetts.
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.
Daniel Shays led a group of farmers in Shays' Rebellion, which occurred in 1786-1787 in western Massachusetts. The farmers were protesting against high taxes, economic hardship, and the threat of losing their farms due to debt. This uprising highlighted the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation and underscored the need for a stronger federal government.
Farmers in the western areas Massachusetts resented the fact tat the state's tax laws, enacted by the merchants of Boston and other seaports, favored trade at the expense of agriculture. In other words, the farmers were paying taxes which helped the ship and commerce community of Massachusetts. The farmers demanded abolition of aristocratic branches of the government in Boston.
Farmers in western Pennsylvania started it.
Daniel Shay
1786-1787
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.
1786-1787
white people
Because of high taxes, they faced the loss of their farms to foreclosure.
In Western Massachusetts.
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.
Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts was created in 1901.