Who led an armed uprising of about 1200 Massachusetts on federal arsenal?
Type your answer here... Led an armed uprising of about 1200 farmers on a federal arsenal?
Daniel Shays led a rebellion against high taxes that forced farmers into debt.
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
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 raided Harper's Ferry for weaponry from the Federal arsenal there, intending to start a major slave uprising.
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.
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.