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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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www.calliope.org/shays/shays2.html
www.calliope.org/shays/shays2.html
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The role of Shays' Rebellion in the history of the United States of America. ... Shays' Rebellion; ... Note to Teachers What was Shays' Rebellion and why was it important? Shays' Rebellion, the post-Revolutionary clash between New England farmers and merchants that tested the precarious institutions of the new...
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www.u-s-history.com/pages/h363.html
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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/
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.
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www.homeofheroes.com/hallofheroes/1st_floor/birth/1bc3b...
www.homeofheroes.com/hallofheroes/1st_floor/birth/1bc3b.html
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Find transcriptions here of original documents from Shays's Rebellion. Also, see the research paper on the failed rebel attempt to overrun Springfield Arsenal that was presented by Springfield Armory NHS's Historian at a January 2007 conference on the 220th anniversary of the bloody replulse.
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www.nps.gov/spar/historyculture/shays-rebellion.htm
www.nps.gov/spar/historyculture/shays-rebellion.htm
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A truly unique History Channel production, Shays' Rebellion: America's First Civil War is presented in animation format created by Oscar nominee Bill Plympton with a musical score that evokes the tensions and surprises of this pivotal chapter in post-Revolutionary history.
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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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www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0844765.html
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William Manning, “A Laborer,” Explains Shays Rebellion in Massachusetts: “In as Plain a Manner as I Am Capable” ... In protest, Daniel Shays, a former captain in the revolutionary militia, led an uprising in western and central Massachusetts to close the courts and prevent the seizure of property for unpaid...
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