Shay's+Rebellion

=Shays' Rebellion=

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Shays Rebellion was were 1200 farmers got very mad about taxes and decided to go to supreme court and tell them how they felt. This was one of the reasons why they got rid of the Articles of Confederation. It took place in Massachusetts in 1786-1787.

Shays' life
Daniel Shays lived for 1741-1825. He grew up in Hopinton, Massachusetts. Later he married Abigail Gilbert on July 18, 1772 in Brookland. Shays also fought in the Revolutionary war. The battles he fought in were Bunker Hill, Ticonderoga, Saratoga, and Stony Point. The died poor, hungry, and forgotten Sparta, New York. He was buried in Spring water.



What Caused the Rebellion?
The rebellion was started because the farmers who never knew if it would be a bad year or a good year were mad that the taxes where getting to be very high. Daniel Shays was the leader of the rebellion. Another reason why farmers where mad about taxes is because they were soon being threatened by being put in jail for debt. They where also going to loose there property if they didn't pay off the debt soon. Another reason why they where mad about taxes is that they thought coming to America the taxes wouldn't be high but they still where which made many farmers very anger.

What the rebellion was like?
At first they just stopped people from sitting down in courts locally. They wouldn't let them sit down so the people in the court wouldn't sell peoples farms to pay off taxes. They defeated that court. Soon they went to the supreme courtand broke up the meeting. Then they tried to attack Springfield hoping to get more weapons, but they where defeated by some local molitia. Later they had a second battel with some militia they did not win againe. After this Shays' Rebellion fell apart and Shays ran off to Vermont.

After the Rebellion
Shays rebellion did have a good effect on the nation though. It pointed out that the artiles of confederation did need some work do to it. It also pointed out that we need to make our army stronger in case someone else revolts because they broke probly defeat our poor army.

Shays' death
Shay died poor, hungry and forgotten. Then he was burried in Spring water. He died on September 29, 1825. People do not know how he died. In his whole life he never allowed a portrait of himself so no one knows what he looks like.