USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Overview. In August 1786, Revolutionary War veteran Daniel Shays led an armed rebellion in Springfield, Massachusetts to protest what he perceived as the unjust economic policies and political corruption of the Massachusetts state legislature.

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: -Eighteen men, including Shays, were convicted and sentenced to death. Most of these either had their convictions overturned on appeal, were pardoned, or had their sentences commuted. Two of the condemned men, John Bly and Charles Rose, were hanged on December 6, 1787.

Detailed explanation-4: -The rebel force quickly faltered and scattered into the countryside. Many participants were later captured and most men, including Shays, eventually received amnesty as part of a general pardon. In February 1787, once Shays’ Rebellion had been quelled, Knox reported to Washington on Lincoln’s successful operations.

Detailed explanation-5: -Shays’s Rebellion forced courts to close so judges could not do what? Take away farmers land. The Revolutionary War brought into focus the contradiction between the American freedom and what? The practice of slavery.