MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
SHAYS REBELLION
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the outcome of the Revolutionary War
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the lack of financial support from England
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the high taxes and punishment being issued to those who couldn’t pay them
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nothing-they were just a bunch of complainers
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Detailed explanation-1: -Shays’ Rebellion accelerated calls to reform the Articles, eventually resulting in the Philadelphia Convention of 1787. The Convention elected Washington as its president and ultimately produced the Constitution of the United States.
Detailed explanation-2: -What Caused Shays’ Rebellion? The farmers who fought in the Revolutionary War had received little compensation, and by the 1780s many were struggling to make ends meet. Businesses in Boston and elsewhere demanded immediate payment for goods that farmers had previously bought on credit and often paid off through barter.
Detailed explanation-3: -In 1788 he petitioned for a pardon, which was soon granted. At the end of the rebellion, Shays had escaped to Vermont. Afterward he moved to Schoharie county, New York, and then, several years later, farther westward to Sparta, New York. In his old age, he received a federal pension for his services in the Revolution.
Detailed explanation-4: -Daniel Shays (August 1747 – September 29, 1825) was an American soldier, revolutionary and farmer famous for allegedly leading Shays’ Rebellion, a populist uprising against controversial debt collection and tax policies in Massachusetts in 1786–1787.