I always thought that Shay’s Rebellion took place during the Civil War so I was extremely confused while reading the beginning of chapter 7 but after a few google searches I realized I was confusing Shay’s rebellion with the raid on Harper’s Ferry Armory led by John Brown. After I was able to distinguish between the two events I realized that Shay’s Rebellion was caused by an a combination of different factors that cultimated into a storm. These factors include the fact that the National Government could not raise taxes, cash was basically worthless due to inflation, and the Massachusetts government allowed creditors to foreclose on debtors. I think that the Massachusetts government should have been more understanding when it came to their
