MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
SHAYS REBELLION
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The Continental Army under George Washington
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the Massachusetts militia
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The U.S. Army under John Paul Jones
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The British Army
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Detailed explanation-1: -Shays’s Rebellion (brought on in Massachusetts in 1786 by business depression and heavy taxes) was quelled by militiamen led by Lincoln. He was elected lieutenant governor of Massachusetts (1788) and was collector for the port of Boston (1789–1809).
Detailed explanation-2: -The confederal government found itself unable to finance troops to put down the rebellion, and it was consequently put down by the Massachusetts State militia and a privately funded local militia. Western Massachusetts, U.S.
Detailed explanation-3: -James Bowdoin, the governor of Massachusetts, was clearly in the latter group. He organized a military force funded by eastern merchants, to confront the rebels. This armed force crushed the movement in the winter of 1786-1787 as the Shaysites quickly fell apart when faced with a strong army organized by the state.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.