USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In 1788 he petitioned for a pardon, which was soon granted. At the end of the rebellion, Shays had escaped to Vermont. Afterward he moved to Schoharie county, New York, and then, several years later, farther westward to Sparta, New York. In his old age, he received a federal pension for his services in the Revolution.

Detailed explanation-2: -– After nearly 200 years, the headstone for a hero of the Revolutionary War finally has his name spelled correctly. Captain Daniel Shays led a fight against taxes in Massachusetts that historians now call “Shay’s Rebellion.”

Detailed explanation-3: -Four men were killed[1]-the first casualties of the rebellion-and many were wounded. Shays and his men were trying to prevent the Massachusetts Supreme Court from convening, fearing indictments against farmers in arrears. By the winter of 1786-1787, there was open fighting between government forces and rebels.

Detailed explanation-4: -Shays served as an ensign (the lowest rank of officer) in the Battle of Bunker Hill in June 1775. Shays was promoted to lieutenant (pronounced loo-TEN-ant) in 1776. He received his captain’s commission on January 1, 1777, and served in the Fifth Massachusetts regiment of the Continental army.