USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Massachusetts Governor James Bowdoin mobilized a force of 1, 200 militiamen to counter Shays.

Detailed explanation-3: -In December 1786, a militia assaulted a farmer and his family in Groton, arresting and crippling the farmer, which further fanned the flames of the insurrection. In January 1787, Governor Bowdoin hired his own army, privately funded by Boston businessmen.

Detailed explanation-4: -Shays’s rebellion led Washington and other Nationalists-including Alexander Hamilton and James Madison-to proclaim the Articles of Confederation inadequate and urge support for the Constitution produced by the Constitutional Convention in 1787.

Detailed explanation-5: -Shays led a force of about 1, 200 men in an attack (January 1787) on the federal arsenal at Springfield, which was repulsed. Pursued by the militia, on February 4 he was decisively defeated at Petersham and fled to Vermont.