Daniel Shay
Daniel Shays was born in 1747 in
Hopkinton, Massachusetts.
End Of The Rebellions
Shay's Rebellion
And The Whiskey
Rebellion
Shays: The rebellion ended when the amendment for individual rights was written on the constitution.
Captain in the 5th Massachusetts Regiment
Whiskey: The protestors were convicted of high treason and sent to jail. That is how the rebellion ended.
By Noel Rudloff
Misc.
These two rebellions happened eight years apart. Shay's rebellion happened in 1786 and The Whiskey rebellion happened in 1794.
People involved with
Shay's Rebellion: Daniel Shay,
General Benjamin Lincoln,
Governor James Bowdoin.
Shay's Rebellion
The farmers were not happy because they got little money for a lot of crops.
Governor of Massachusetts
at The Time: James Bowdoin.
The Rebellion was very short. It only lasted half a year.
Two Short Facts
Shay's rebellion happened because of the economic depresion.
The Whiskey rebellion happened because of a high tax on whiskey
Paper money was almost worthless due to inflation
Whiskey Rebellion
Thesis
This rebellion was the
first major event in George
Washington's presidency.
Congress passed a law to put a
tax on whiskey and other alcohols.
People in Pennsylvania got
angry with the tax and it
spread to other states too.
The U.S. government under the Articles of the Confederation had no militia to put down the rebellion.
The Shay's Rebellion showed problems with The United States Government that were fixed with The Constitution by the time The Whiskey Rebellion occurred.