MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
SHAYS REBELLION
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Question
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12000 men were hung or executed by firing Squad
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some were hung, most were pardoned at the last minute
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all were pardoned according to the Articles of Confederation
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they overthrew the Government and changed the US government from the Articles to the current constitution.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The army fired warning shots followed by artillery fire, killing four of the insurgents and wounding twenty. 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.
Detailed explanation-2: -Shays led a force of about 1, 200 men in an attack (January 1787) on the federal arsenal at Springfield, which was repulsed. Pursued by the militia, on February 4 he was decisively defeated at Petersham and fled to Vermont.
Detailed explanation-3: -On this day in 1787, Shays’ Rebellion effectively ended in Springfield, Mass., when its forces failed to capture a federal armory. The uprising was one of the major influences in the calling of a Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia.