10 Facts About Shays' Rebellion

Shays' Rebellion soon realized that he was not alone in his inability to pay his debts and began organizing for debt relief.

Shays' Rebellion stepped up civil actions to collect back taxes, and the legislature exacerbated the situation by levying an additional property tax to raise funds for the state's portion of foreign debt payments.

Shays' Rebellion'spard withdrew his force to the Springfield Armory, which was rumored to be the target of the protestors.

Shays' Rebellion was vilified by the Boston press, who painted him as an archetypal anarchist opposed to the government.

Shays' Rebellion later moved to the Conesus, New York area, where he died poor and obscure in 1825.

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Shays' Rebellion received few votes from the rural parts of the state and was trounced by John Hancock in the gubernatorial election of 1787.

Shays' Rebellion cited Vermont's de facto independence and its ability to cause trouble by providing support to the discontented from neighboring states, and he introduced legislation that broke the impasse between New York and Vermont.

Shays' Rebellion played a role in the discussion of the number of chief executives the United States would have going forward.

Shays' Rebellion was one of the few convention delegates who refused to sign the new constitution, although his reasons for doing so did not stem from the rebellion.

Shays' Rebellion'storians are divided on the impact the rebellion had on the ratification debates.