Shays Rebellion

Shays Rebellion in the United States

Shays Rebellion in the U.S. Legal History

Summary

Beset by a hard-hitting economic depression after the War of American Independence, these farmers from western Massachusetts finally rose up in rebellion against their state government in 1786 because they had failed to obtain tax relief. One leader of the uprising was Daniel Shays, from whom the Shaysites derived their name.


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