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Shays' Rebellion
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Shays’ Rebellion
armed insurrection by Massachusetts farmers against the state government (1786). [Am. Hist.: NCE, 2495]
See : Riot

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This was the Shays Rebellion, which put a fright into the Founding Fathers, especially as it led to uprisings in Maryland, South Carolina, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.
 
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