Critical Analysis Of Shays Rebellion
Cody Mueller
12/01/2015
HST 201 Tues&Thurs @12:45
Critical Analysis of Shays Rebellion Shays’ Rebellion can be considered a dispute with New England farmers and tradespersons that upset the new republic plunging the disconnected states to the brink of a civil war. The rebellion started in 1786 in Massachusetts and eventually spread into neighboring states finally crowning in a fruitless attack on a federal armory in Springfield. The rebellion began to wind down in 1787 most likely due to the election of a new governor that demonstrated a good example of local political conflict in the shadows post-revolution. Outlying factors that I believe played a role in the decline of the rebellion as well would be an economic upturn and the creation of
12/01/2015
HST 201 Tues&Thurs @12:45
Critical Analysis of Shays Rebellion Shays’ Rebellion can be considered a dispute with New England farmers and tradespersons that upset the new republic plunging the disconnected states to the brink of a civil war. The rebellion started in 1786 in Massachusetts and eventually spread into neighboring states finally crowning in a fruitless attack on a federal armory in Springfield. The rebellion began to wind down in 1787 most likely due to the election of a new governor that demonstrated a good example of local political conflict in the shadows post-revolution. Outlying factors that I believe played a role in the decline of the rebellion as well would be an economic upturn and the creation of