MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
NORTHWEST ORDINANCE
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Question
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A farmer and leader of the rebellion
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A colonial debt collector
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executive of the colonial couts
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founder of the Sons of Liberty
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Detailed explanation-1: -Daniel Shays (August 1747 – September 29, 1825) was an American soldier, revolutionary and farmer famous for allegedly leading Shays’ Rebellion, a populist uprising against controversial debt collection and tax policies in Massachusetts in 1786–1787.
Detailed explanation-2: -The rebellion was named after Daniel Shays, a farmer and former soldier who fought at Bunker Hill and was one of several leaders of the insurrection.
Detailed explanation-3: -Daniel Shays, (born c. 1747, Hopkinton, Massachusetts? [U.S.]-died September 29, 1825, Sparta, New York), American officer (1775–80) in the American Revolution and a leader of Shays’s Rebellion (1786–87), an uprising in opposition to high taxes and stringent economic conditions.
Detailed explanation-4: -Daniel Gray was the wealthiest man in Pelham and an ardent supporter of the Regulation, or Shays’ Rebellion. In this Address, Gray lists the grievances he identifies as the causes of the Regulation.
Detailed explanation-5: -On this day in 1786, a popular uprising began in Massachusetts. Shays’ Rebellion was one of several critical events that led to the calling of a Constitutional Convention the following year in Philadelphia.