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Could not get to see the article, but checked wikipedia. It could be argued Shay's Renellion caused a change in direction of the early US (1786). https://en.w

• hprotagonist 3y ago
  I think it’s pretty clear that Shay’s Rebellion lead to the rejection of the articles of confederation as a viable federal structuring document. The Whiskey Rebellion answered a different question, which is “do people think the federal government is sufficiently real that they will form a well regulated militia against other citizens of their own state — or agree to be part of a militia to go across a state border to enforce federal law in a different state —, or are states more important than the country?”. The answer was “the country is more important”, but i’ve always been pretty sure that the rest of the answer was “… because Washington asked, personally, and if it had been anyone else maybe the answer wouldn’t be the same”
• wyldfire 3y ago
  > Veterans had received little pay during the war and faced added difficulty collecting payments owed to them from the State or the Congress of the Confederation.[14] Some soldiers began to organize protests against these oppressive economic conditions. In 1780, Daniel Shays resigned from the army unpaid and went home to find himself in court for non-payment of debts. He soon realized that he was not alone in his inability to pay his debts and began organizing for debt relief. Man, veterans got a bad deal from the start. Well, I guess at least US Armed Forces payroll - and any other creditor - gets paid these days.