MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
SHAYS REBELLION
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set courthouses on fire to stop judges from holding court proceedings
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kidnapped judges to stop them from going to work
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block courthouses so judges could not enter
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deconstructed courthouses in the middle of the night
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Detailed explanation-1: -A group of protestors, led by Revolutionary War veteran Daniel Shays, began a 6 month rebellion by taking over the Court of Common Pleas in Northampton; the goal was to prevent the trial and imprisonment of debt-ridden citizens.
Detailed explanation-2: -Shays’s Rebellion, (August 1786–February 1787), uprising in western Massachusetts in opposition to high taxes and stringent economic conditions. Armed bands forced the closing of several courts to prevent execution of foreclosures and debt processes.
Detailed explanation-3: -Shays’ Rebellion accelerated calls to reform the Articles, eventually resulting in the Philadelphia Convention of 1787. The Convention elected Washington as its president and ultimately produced the Constitution of the United States.