31 ago 1786 ano - Shays' Rebellion

Descrição:

Date: 1786-1787
Description: Shays led a group of farmers to stop courts from seizing land and enacting debt collection. They wanted the right to postpone paying taxes until postwar agricultural depression lifted.
Cause: Issues between elite property owners and farmers increased.
Historical Impact: Called for recognition that farmers and other non-elite people were being cheated, and caused some change in the way of tax collection and government.