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Who started Shays's Rebellion?

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A farmer named shay who was fed up with the taxes

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The farmers who fought in the Revolutionary War had received little compensation, and by the 1780s many were struggling to make ends meet. Businesses in Boston and elsewhere demanded immediate payment for goods that farmers had previously bought on credit and often paid off through barter, because of this there was no paper money in circulation and no gold or silver to be accessed by the farmers to settle these debts. Farmers first attempted peaceful means to settle their issues. In the August of 1786, farmers in western Massachusetts began to take direct action against debtors’ courts.

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A farmer named shay who was fed up with the taxes
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