Question

The conditions which led to Daniel Shays’s Rebellion included...?

Answer 1

1. After war, American economy entered depression that lifted only slightly in 1787 and 1788 before the strong recovery of the 1790s
2. Some states issued paper money in the 1780s and then passed stay laws to postpone date on which debt would come due
3. Massachusetts raised taxes to new highs
4. Angry farmers, led by Daniel Shays, responded in 1786 by attacking the federal arsenal at Springfield
5. Rebellion converted into nationalists many gentlemen and artisans who until then had opposed strengthening federal gov’t