USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In the August of 1786, farmers in western Massachusetts began to take direct action against debtors’ courts. Committees of town leaders drafted a document of grievances and proposed reforms, some considered radical, for the legislature in Boston to enact.

Detailed explanation-2: -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.

Detailed explanation-3: -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.