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Shays' Rebellion "had a great influence on public opinion," as Samuel Eliot Morison notes; it was the fiercest outbreak of discontent in the early republic, and public feeling ran high on both sides. After the rebellion was defeated, the trial of the insurgents in 1787 was closely watched and hotly debated.
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The role of Shays' Rebellion in the history of the United States of America. ... The barns of some government officials were burned. Wealthy Bostonians, who feared the rebellion in the west, contributed money for soldiers under the command of General Benjamin Lincoln.
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Only three years after the American Revolution ended, thousands of Massachusetts citizens took up arms against their new ... This site tells the story of Shays' Rebellion, and a crucial period in our nation's founding when the survival of the republican experiment in government was neither destined nor assured...
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www.shaysrebellion.stcc.edu/
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A former Revolutionary War army captain named Daniel Shays would lead a group of three hundred and fifty men in rebellion. ... position of his fellow veterans when he was sued for a debt of twelve dollars. Within two years, he joined other veterans in rebellion. ... Shay's Rebellion; A Guest Contribution by; Rose Vest, BA/MA...
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Shays’s Rebellion and the attack on Springfield Arsenal, January 25th, 1787 ... "A little rebellion now and then is a good thing. It is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government. God forbid that we should ever be twenty years without such a rebellion."
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www.nps.gov/spar/historyculture/shays-rebellion.htm
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William Manning, “A Laborer,” Explains Shays Rebellion in Massachusetts: “In as Plain a Manner as I Am Capable” ... For instead of fatherly counsels and admonitions, the dog of war let loose upon them, and they were declared in a state of insurrection and rebellion.
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Shays's Rebellion, 1786–87, armed insurrection by farmers in W Massachusetts against the state government. ... More on Shays's Rebellion from Infoplease: ... Related content from HighBeam Research on: Shays's Rebellion...
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Shays's Rebellion (1786 – 87) Uprising in western Massachusetts. In a period of economic depression and land seizures for debt collection ... Shays'S Rebellion, an agrarian rebellion centered in Massachusetts and committed to debt relief for small farmers and rural artisans, August 1786–June 1787.
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Shays's Rebellion illustrated two things: ... Elsewhere on the Web: More on Shays's Rebellion; Learn more about this famous uprising. ... Shays's Rebellion: Test for America; How did the young America do in the face of this rebellion? Find out here.
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