Pros And Cons Of Shays Rebellion

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I believe in the actions of members of Shays’s Rebellion because they were losing their land. I believe in their actions because if the government stole my land and my money I would revolt as well. I also believe that the government didn’t care about the farmers at all. I know this because they passed 2 acts. One act was the Militia act which stated “If anybody in the militia was to rebel against congress they could be killed.” The other act they passed was the riot act in 1786 which stated, “If 12 or more people rebelled they could be imprisoned, killed, or pay debts.” They had disadvantages as well. One disadvantage was that the farmers had barely any weapons, but the militia did. The militia also stopped Shays’s Rebellion on Governor Bowdoin’s

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