Shays's Rebellion
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title:
Shays's Rebellion
text:
Shays's Rebellion was an armed uprising in Western Massachusetts and Worcester in response to a debt crisis among the citizenry and in opposition to the state government's increased efforts to collect taxes on both individuals and their trades. The fighting took place in the areas around Springfield during 1786 and 1787. Historically, scholars have argued that the four thousand rebels, called Shaysites, who protested against economic and civil rights injustices by the Massachusetts Government we
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Armed uprising in western Massachusetts (1786–1787)
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shays%27s_Rebellion
date created:
2002-10-21T23:41:51Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T22:30:17Z
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