We fought for our freedom! Grab your gear we’re marching to the court to shut it down!
The Massachusetts state government is imposing high taxes we can’t afford.
Exactly they are going to seize our farms if we don’t pay our taxes and take us to prison.
After the revolutionary war, high taxes forced many farmers into heavy debt and threat of prison. War veteran Daniel Shays led the angry farmers to protest and save their land.
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YEAH! You can’t do anything about this The government wont send anyone Haha!
We’re shutting down this court! You wont take our farms anymore!
Please stop! The National government is too weak to send an army to save us
Farmers shut down courthouses to stop property seizures, exposing that the government was too weak to send an army or keep control
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Agreed! The Articles of Confederation are far too weak to keep order.
Shay’s Rebellion proved our government is failing! We need a stronger national system.
Let’s write a new U.S Constitution to create a stronger government!
In response to Shay’s Rebellion, leaders met at the Constitutional Convention to replace the Articles of Confederation with a stronger U.S Constitution