MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
SHAYS REBELLION
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Question
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Western MA farms were being foreclosed at a rapid pace
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the MA legislature lowered taxes to boost economic growth
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Daniel Shay’s got into a fight with Samuel Adams
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the Eastern MA economy was more commercial
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Detailed explanation-1: -Shays’ Rebellion was an armed uprising in Western Massachusetts and Worcester in response to a debt crisis among the citizenry and in opposition to the state government’s increased efforts to collect taxes both on individuals and their trades. The fight took place mostly in and around Springfield during 1786 and 1787.
Detailed explanation-2: -A violent insurrection in the Massachusetts countryside during 1786 and 1787, Shays’ Rebellion was brought about by a monetary debt crisis at the end of the American Revolutionary War. Although Massachusetts was the focal point of the crisis, other states experienced similar economic hardships.
Detailed explanation-3: -Shays’ Rebellion was a series of violent attacks on courthouses and other government properties in Massachusetts that began in 1786 and led to a full-blown military confrontation in 1787.
Detailed explanation-4: -Shays’ Rebellion erupted a few years after the Revolutionary War when debt-ridden Massachusetts farmers tried to close down the courts in an attempt to save their farms from foreclosure.