SHAYS’ REBELLION. - Daniel Shays, Army Captain; Farmer (Western Mass)

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SHAYS’ REBELLION

- Daniel Shays, Army Captain; Farmer (Western Mass)

Farmers are frustrated with taxes they can’t pay SHAYS’ REBELLION

Petitions don’t work Those who can’t pay are jailed

Shays leads a 1,000 + farmer revolt

SHAYS’S REBELLION Stops judges from taking landStops judges from taking land They go after munitions and the Mass Govt.They go after munitions and the Mass Govt.

SHAYS’ REBELLION State militia puts down the revolt (four killed)State militia puts down the revolt (four killed)

SHAYS’ REBELLION IMPACT! ! ! (OR EFFECT) 1)CAN WE CONTROL OUR CITIZENS??? 2) PROMOTES A CHANGE FOR MORE EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT.

SHAYS’ REBELLION “A little rebellion, every now and then, is a good thing!”

SHAYS’ REBELLION “Mankind, when left for themselves, is unfit for their own government”

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