USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Shays and other leaders made plans to raid the federal arsenal in Springfield to procure weapons. On the snow-covered morning of January 25, 1787, 1, 200 men approached the arsenal. Some men had guns, while some carried clubs and pitchforks.

Detailed explanation-3: -On this day in 1786, a grass-roots insurrection against the United States known as Shays’ Rebellion broke out in Western Massachusetts in response to perceived economic and civil rights injustices, aggressive tax and debt collection and political corruption and cronyism.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.