USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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.

Detailed explanation-2: -The farmers in question-led by the very revolutionaries who had fought against such taxes in the American war for independence-were rebelling against taxes imposed by the state government of Massachusetts.

Detailed explanation-3: -Led by Daniel Shays, a group of poor farmers and Revolutionary War veterans attempted to shut down Massachusetts courts in protest against debt collections against veterans and the heavy tax burden borne by the colony’s farmers.

Detailed explanation-4: -Why did farmers in western Massachusetts begin to take up arms and march on courthouses in 1786? The Townshend Acts severely taxed the colonists, and farmers in western Massachusetts were unable to pay the tax, leading to the loss of their farmland.

Detailed explanation-5: -Shays’ Rebellion was a series of violent attacks on courthouses and other government properties in Massachusetts that began in 1786 and led to a full-blown military confrontation in 1787.