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aug 1, 1786 - Shay’s Rebellion

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An uprising led by a former militia officer, Daniel Shays, which broke out in western Massachusetts in 1786. Shays's followers protested the foreclosures of farms for debt and briefly succeeded in shutting down the court system.

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aug 1, 1786
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~ 240 years ago