Shay's Rebellion (jan 1, 1786 – aug 29, 1786)

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After the Revolutionary War, there was a shortage of hard currency, and people, especially rural farmers, began losing land and properties after not being able to pay taxes and their debts. As a result, people began turning on tax collectors and the government. Daniel Shay of Massachusetts, a retired Revolutionary soldier turned farmer struggling to survive, led around 4000 others like him in an armed uprising against the government of Massachusetts. The federal government was unable to fund troops to put down the rebellion and had to rely on state and privately-funded militias. The rebellion exposed the drawbacks of the weak central government created by the Articles of Confederation and helped bring about the Constitutional Convention.

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