It was defeated at Petersham after its leaders failed in Springfield to prevent the Massachusetts Supreme Court from meeting.
William Shepherd fired at participants in it before Benjamin Lincoln's militia took control. It began with an impassioned meeting at Conkey's Tavern and found support in Pelham and Amherst, where farmers were angry at a regressive capitation tax and the inability to pay their debts. It was defeated at Petersham after its leaders failed in Springfield to prevent the Massachusetts Supreme Court from meeting. George Washington saw evidence of the need for a strong central government in, FTP, what 1786 rebellion by farmers in western Massachusetts?
William Shepherd fired at participants in it before Benjamin Lincoln's militia took control.
{Shays}' Rebellion