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Shays' Rebellion
Shays' Rebellion was a militia uprising that occurred from 1786 to 1787. It was led by Daniel Shays and Henry Gale. This rebellion was very influential in the development of the Constitution.
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When did shays rebellion take place?
Shay's Rebellion was an uprising due to economic difficulties and high tax. The uprising was between the general population and the militia. It took place in western and central Massachusetts in 1786 and 1787.
What were Daniel shays and the other veterans protesting against?
The rebellion of Chris, Eddie and Ethan.... We the kids of the Social Studies class, in order to form a more funny class, ensure candy is plentiful, provide for the children's defence, promote the kids welfare, and secure the candy of the kids to ourselves and our fellow classmates, do ordain and establish this constitution for the kids of Social Studies class.
What was the cause of Daniel Shays leading a rebellion in MA?
Daniel Shays was a farmer, who led the rebellion along with other poor farmers. The United States was still under the Articles of Confederation, and in debt from the American Revolution. In order to help pay off the debt, they raised taxes, which hurt the farmers. Daniel Shays and the farmers in turn attacked an armory in Massachusetts, and it took the local militia to bring it down. This highlighted the weakness of the federal government under the Articles of Confederation, and was just one step towards the drafting of the US Constitution.
What is some info on Shays' Rebellion?
* 1786- 1787 * August 29, 1786 * millita defended Springfield Armory * Main Shaysites
How did the federal government respond to shays rebellion?
The rebellion in 1786 and 1787 was stopped by Massachusetts militia and troops assembled by Massachusetts governor James Bowdoin, led by General Benjamin Lincoln.
The federal government had no money to hire troops, a weakness of the Articles of Confederation that was among the many reasons for the drafting of the US Constitution. Because some ringleaders went into hiding in the Republic of Vermont, the rebellion added impetus to extend federal law there, and Vermont became a state in 1791.
The money shortage from the revolutionary war was particularly hard on farmers who could not earn enough to pay their debts and taxes. In Massachusetts, judges ordered farmers to sell their land and livestock to pay off their debts. Led by Daniel Shays, a hero of the Battle of Bunker Hill, Massachusetts farmers rebelled. In 1786, Shays and his followers closed down courthouses to keep judges from taking their farms. Then they marched on the national arsenal at Springfield to seize the weapons stored there. Having disbanded the Continental army, Congress was unable to stop them
Farmers feared the loss of their crops, livestock, and farms to foreclosure.
What was pugachev's rebellion significance?
Pugachev's rebellion last from 1774-1775 He urged serfs to revolt, and they did, killing their landowners. It was significant because it was the most famous rebellion of the peasants and Catherine began to see what her favoring of the nobility did to the peasants of Russia.
1786
It showed how weak the untied states was at guarding things
How are shays rebellion and the whiskey rebellion different?
During Shays's Rebellion, the state was unable to control Shays and his followers and requested help from the government under the Articles. The Articles of Confederation was a weak government and was unable to support, with force, the state of MA in order to aid in the defeat of the rebellion. The Whiskey Rebellion occurred under the new Constitution of the US. Western PA farmers refused to pay the tax that was enacted on whiskey by the new federal government. This was the first test of the new government to enforce the laws it enacted. President Washington ordered troops into the area of western PA and the Whiskey Rebellion collapsed as it became evident that the government was capable of enforcing the law.
What events lead up to the shays rebellion and during?
The US was suffering in a major economic depression. Also, the region of Massachusetts felt a deep distrust of the leadership in Boston.
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Did shays rebellion have anything to do with the constitutional convention?
i believe it did because of the rebellion the taxes was
discused
What was one effect on shays rebellion?
state governments refused to provide relief to stuggling farmers
How did Shays' Rebellion lead to the Constitutional Convention of 1787?
People realized the Articles of Confederation were too weak.
How did shays rebellion show the weakness of federal government?
Shay's rebellion was during the time the States were under the Articles of Confederation the Federal Government was not existent until the Constitution.
How did the shays rebellion end?
it ended after many deaths when the new us "government" finally regained control
One effect of Shay's Rebellion was?
Shay's Rebellion in 1786, led by Daniel Shay and Jon Shattuck, encouraged the intellectual elites of the nation to question the viability of the Articles of Confederation and empowered the creation of the US Constitution at the Philadelphia Convention in 1787.
Did Daniel shays get paid during the rebellion?
No, but he did get a pension years later.
Shays joined the local militia during the American Revolution, rising to the rank of captain in the 5th Massachusetts Regiment by 1777. He was wounded during the war and resigned from the military, unpaid, in 1780.
Upon returning home, he discovered he was summoned to court for unpaid debts, which he still could not pay because he was not paid for military service. Following the rebellion to overthrow the government of Massachusetts, Shays was convicted and sentenced to death.
Shays was pardoned in 1788, and he returned to Massachusetts from hiding in the Vermont woods. Interestingly, Shays was later granted a pension by the federal government for the five years he served during the Revolution without pay. Shays lived the last few years of his life in poverty, a heavy drinker. He supported himself on his pension, and by working a small parcel of land until his death at age 78.
