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What happened?

The farmers wanted to get paid for their services from fighting in the war. They never got there money instead their land got token away. So a farmer named Daniel shay lead a group of rebels to fight the U.S government.

Shays Rebellion

Causes?
There is many causes. The many cause was that when the farmer fought in revolutionary war they were promised to be paid and they didnt, then the Government started to take things away from like land.

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Weaknesses?
The main weakness was that because of the articles of confederation the u.s couldnt draft an army so they had no defense against the farmers.

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