Analyze The Causes And Effects Of Shays Rebellion

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Shays’ Rebellion has been a background for farmers everywhere about how serious tax and debt collection can be. The rebellion started in 1786 after a series of farmers losing their farms because of bills, tax, and debt collections. Daniel Shays’ a farmer from Massachusetts was chosen leader of the widespread rebellion, also arguably one of the great former captains in the continental army. Shays’ Rebellion was a violent series of events of disrupting courts and fighting for the rights owned by farmers.
During the crisis of the 1780s’ many farmers suffered the effects of starting a new farm from high debt and seeing the troubles of other farmers difficulty. According to the article “Shays’ Rebellion” from ushistory.org, many governments, including …show more content…
The rebellion also shows us how crucial circumstances were for farmers in the 1780s’. Many farmers property was concealed by the government and taken into hands by the bank. Shays’ Rebellion is one of many rebellion that was carried out across the states. According to the article “Daniel Shays” by Dictionary of American Biography 1936, a goal met by the rebellion was an agreement with militia and insurgents(rebels) disbanded, and the courts were adjourned. Many solutions that were taken were never the end of the rebellion, outbreaks continued throughout the territory. The state legislatures made no real grievances, by January 1787 the insurgents had given up hope of peaceful reform. The government chose to physically take the rebels and appointed Lincoln to suppress what had become an armed rebellion. A month later Lincoln’s army marched with his men to Petersham the sight of Shays’ troops and annihilated them all. Daniel Shays’ fled to Vermont, where he was then condemned to death by the supreme court. February following the sentence Shays’ petitioned for pardon, which was granted June 13. Some time after Daniel Shays’ moved to Schoharie County, N.Y, and then settling down in Sparta where he
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