Reasons For Shays Rebellion

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No i believe in the actions of Shays Rebellion because they were poor and if they couldn't pay they were put in prison. I would rather fight and not go to prison because he would have had to stay in the prison for ever. The government should have listen to them but the government did not. So it is kind of the government's fault for not responding to them. Shays Rebellion went a little too far with the babies only because the babies had nothing to do with this.and george washington heard about the Shays rebellion.Some people might think what Shay did was wrong but he was poor and was trying to tell the government but government didn't listen to them at all. So the Shays rebellion was them fighting for tem not to go to prison.

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