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Shay’s Rebellion is more than a simple act of civil disobedience of citizens against their government. There were a lot of key causes and factors to Shay’s Rebellion. All of theses factors and problems added up cause an uproar. The Rebellion in itself was not that big of a rebellion, however it did create a very big impact on the leaders of the nation. The Rebellion occurred in many places all over the new colonies, but most of the effect of the Rebellion took place at Massachusetts.
The current war that had just occurred between the English and the colonists left the colonists starting their own nation and economy. Being a new and one-of-a-kind country, not only were the colonists confused but they were low on cash in their budget. Everything they did in the past revolved around the British and they wanted to change that. The war caused many farmers in Massachusetts to borrow money so that they could pay their taxes and support their families. Banks had not been invented at this......

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