MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
SHAYS REBELLION
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Question
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What major complaint motivated farmers to become involved in Shays’s Rebellion?
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They were tired of taxation without representation in the British Parliament.
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They felt that they were overtaxed by the state of Massachusetts because the state was paying off the Revolutionary War debt to wealthy creditors in Boston.
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They did not want the state of Massachusetts to belong to the union.
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They wanted higher prices for their crops.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -What major complaint motivated farmers to become involved in Shays’s Rebellion? They were tired of taxation without representation in the British Parliament.
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: -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.
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