MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
SHAYS REBELLION
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grain and wheat
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his home
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his livestock (cows, pig, sheep)
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a sword given to him by a famous French general
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Detailed explanation-1: -Shays, on the other hand, had no such lineage and, more important, had retired early from the Army amidst a semi-scandal. After serving for five years with virtually no pay, Shays had sold a sword presented to him by General Lafayette, incurring the wrath of his fellow officers.
Detailed explanation-2: -Shays performed so heroically that the Marquis de LaFayette personally awarded him a ceremonial sword in recognition of his leadership.
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: -The rebels were mostly ex-Revolutionary War soldiers-turned farmers who opposed state economic policies causing poverty and property foreclosures. 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.