What was the name of the man who rallied farmers and ex-soldiers into mob action against the Massachusetts state government in 1786?

    Shays' Rebellion. Shays' Rebellion was an armed uprising in Western Massachusetts in opposition to a debt crisis among the citizenry and the state government's increased efforts to collect taxes both on individuals and their trades; the fight took place mostly in and around Springfield during 1786 and 1787.

    Shays' Rebellion: A Massachusetts Farmer's Account. Shays' Rebellion erupted a few years after the Revolutionary War when debt-ridden Massachusetts farmers tried to close down the courts in an attempt to save their farms from foreclosure.

    Shays' Rebellion began in 1786 as organized protests by farmers in western Massachusetts against the debt and tax collection practices of the state's government. The farmers had been plagued by excessive property taxes leading to farm foreclosures or even imprisonment.

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