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Guest columnist Carl I. Hammer: Shays’ Rebellion Feb. 4, 1787 and Jan. 6, 2021
Published: 2/8/2021 3:40:59 PM
Early on Sunday, Feb. 4, 1787, at Petersham, Massachusetts, state government troops surprised and quickly routed the remnants of an armed force that had attempted to seize the federal armory at Springfield on Jan. 25. That short and lopsided victory put an effective end to what is known as Shays’ Rebellion, a protest movement which had begun with widespread peaceful petitions and meetings in 1786 before various groups closed law courts by threat of violence at Northampton and several other towns during the late summer and early autumn. The dissidents then organized themselves at Worcester in early December as an army of six regiments under designated leaders before attempting to coerce the government of Massachusetts by armed force to grant a wide variety of demands, both economic and political.