Why did daniel shays rebellion send a wave of fear among wealthy merchants and landowners

To start Daniel Shay was a farmer and not rich, the wealthy were scared that farmers would kill or hurt them, or even try to take over the government. The rebellion was fairly violent. I learned this a few years ago sorry if some details are slightly dry. Hope this helps though!

In the late fifteenth century, a major world power that established colonies in the era of old imperialism was france or germany or spain. their colonial activity was mainly limited to america or africa or asia.