![]() In some cases, Army veterans who had never received pay for their service saw their property seized. Shays’ Rebellion was one of several critical events that led to the calling of a Constitutional Convention the following year in Philadelphia.ĭaniel Shays, a former Continental Army captain, led a group of upset western Massachusetts residents who were upset about the way the state government was handling wartime debt and high taxes. ![]() On this day in 1786, a popular uprising began in Massachusetts.
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