Shays’s Rebellion was in essence an uprising of western Massachusetts farmers who were rebelling against the high taxes under the Articles of Confederation. Many west Massachusetts farmer were suffering from drought and early freezes, which led many of them to tack out loans from banks to survive. The rebellion was started and led by Daniel Shays, a destitute war veteran of the revolutionary war. Shays plane was to break in to banks and burn the contract and documents to make it hard for the banks to keep up with the farmer’s debt. Shays also planned to break the people out of debtor’s prison. These plans never worked and the Massachusetts militia put an end to the revolt killing four farmer by shooting a cannon ball into the crowd of farmers.
