Monday, December 5, 2011

5Dec11

What was Daniel Shays' main complaint? In other words, why was he "rebelling?"

90 comments:

Kali A. said...

Shays was rebelling because he was getting his land takin.

Trey S. said...

Because he didn't think it was fair that a retired war veteran had his land taken away because he couldn't pay his taxes.

Ayman E said...

Daniel Shay's main complaint was that out of debt the state government was taking away his home after he had fought in the revolutionary war.

Eyionna L said...

daniel shays' main complaint was that government tried to take away his land that he own.

Joes said...

Daniel shays main complant was he fought the war and he has to pay taxes and he has no money so he might lose his house.

Jennings,adam said...

Daniel shays Main complaint was that since he had no money so he couldn't pay taxes and was in debt. The state government decided to take his house and his land and send him to jail.

Xavier.D said...

People including him were being overtaxed and losing property.

Mitchell Smitty said...

His land is being taken away even though he fought in the war and thinks he should be able to have land without it being taken away.

stephanie v said...

Daniel Shays' main complaint was that people wanted to shut down the court houses. He was a rebelling because he was against it.

Philip S said...

Daniel Shay's main complaint was how the government taxed him and were going to take his land, even though he was a soldier in the revolutionary war.

Maya G. said...

Many farmers were in debt at the time because of taxes and the lost of land.

Tyler K. said...

Daniel Shay was rebelling because the goverment was trying to take his land.

Myka H. said...

Daniel Shay was mad because the people were making him pay taxes. They also were throwing him out his house and taking his land. He was also mad because he fought in the war for them and they were treating him like he was nothing.

Maria K. said...

Daniel Shays' main complaint was that the leaders were taking away the peoples land when they couldn't pay their taxes, even if they served in the military.

Jenna A. said...

Daniel Shay was rebelling because he fought in the war but he couldn't pay his taxes, so they took away his land, which without he was no longer able to vote. So he risked his life fighting for them when they return him with taking his land and taking away his right to vote. And since he couldn't pay his taxes he couldn't put food on the table for his family.

Clarkk said...

He had an complaint because he fought in the war for his country and now he can't pay for taxs the kick him out from his home

andrewsr said...

Daniel Shays main complaint was that people wanted to shut down the court houses .

Nichols,s said...

Shay rebelled because they wanted to tax him, in exchange he made a militia and headed for the court house

Carly D. said...

Daniel Shay's was rebelling because he was getting taxed for his farm land and many farmers lost their land because of it. He had a rebellion to prove that farmers were hardworking and he wanted to prevent foreclosure on farmers land and property.

Darinda R said...

His main complaint was the government taking away his land and everyone else and without land people couldn't trade for food without food people would starve

Gaitherashl said...

Because he had lost his land and farm and he got angry so that's why he was rebel lining
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Jon.b said...

He was taxed and he couldn't pay it and if he couldnt pay it he would have to give his land away and if he had to give his land away he couldn't provide for his family

ziggy stardust (josh z) said...

His main complaint was that they have to pay taxes. And if they didn't pay taxes they would go to jail.

Keyonh said...

He was getting his land stolen

Carter G said...

Shays biggest complaint was that he wasn't getting paid because he was a soldier. He believed he should be payed for being a solidier after the war.

Devin W. said...

He was rebelling because he already paid his debt by serving in the army. Then he became a substictence farmer and cant pay the taxes the government requiers

Nathan G. said...

Daniel Shays is rebelling because he doesn't think he shouldn't have to pay taxes. He can't pay taxes because he is a subsistence farmer.

jason s. said...

he was in the war and he does not see why he shod have to pay from it and he is lost his land

Robbie B said...

His main complaint was he was never getting paid because he was a soldier.

triston s said...

daniel shay main complain is that he has been dept and he lost his farm and land so he has to sell his stuff so he can have money.

Conner F. said...

He was rebelling because the state was taxing him which they can do only the federal goverment can't tax the people and way so then he couldn't pay his taxes so the took his food supply away and his only way to make money his farm so he was mad that they made him pay taxes even after he helped min the war so following that he was ad so where other farmers so the started to rebell.

Michael K. said...

He's rebelling because they took his land away.They took his land away because he wasn't paying his taxes but he couldn't pay his taxes without his land.

kayle g !!!:) said...

He was rebelling because he doesn't believe why he should pay taxes. And he doesn't believe in having slavery.

Jacob R. said...

Daniel shay was rebelling because of finacial dificulties

HarperJ said...

Daniel Shays rebellion was to fight against attempts tp control and oppress the farmers and ensure that their land would be able tp stay with them and not taken by thegovernment.

Dreydan H. said...

The financial diffcltey


Dreydan H

Louis G. said...

He was rebelling because he was getting taxed but couldnt pay he thought he severed his debt because he was in the war but he still had to pay.

tamequeesha said...

daniel shays main complaint was about the sons of liberty

B.G. said...

Daniel shays main complaint was they needed more land.So they went to war to fight for it Farmers resented the fact that the state's tax laws favored trade at the expense of farming.The rebellion eventually collapsed but the problems continued. Shays and his followers believed they were simply carrying on the sprit of the Revolution.

alexis, g said...

he was rebelling because they where taking his land.

darius m said...

the reason for that was because he was loosing his land and had no money.

Prestonmeece said...

He was rebelling because they were going to take his land and tax him even though he served in the army

malikb said...

Daneil shay was rebilling because she did not like the way that the courts was run

malik S said...

Daniel shays main problem or the reason why he was rebelling was because the federal government was going to take his farmland away from him and other farmer too

Berlona k said...

His main complaint was him loosening his land or property and owner ship items.

William Q said...

The government was not protecting them from indian attacks on the frontier therefore they could not farm their land there the couldnt sell their farmed goods and started losing their land to bankruptcy

Katelyn E said...

He is saying that it is unfair to take away peoples property and throw them in jail because of taxes so if your sitting in jail how can you make money to give to them so like make him do community service to make up the money as a punishment

Dylan ,s said...

DanIel shay's main complant was that he got put in jail for not being able to pay taxes.

Brownkyler said...

Because he lose has land rebelling because he was did not like the texts they was texting on

julious , k said...

because money issues ( taxes , ect.)

Karlie H said...

Many farmers were in debt, so they couldent pay taxes. If they didn't pay the goverment lost their land. Daniel Shays rebelled to try to put an end to it.

Lanisha, Jordan said...

His main complaint was that the government was taking away his land because he didn't pay his taxes.

Megan i said...

Daniel shays' main complaint was farms and land being taken for unpaid taxes.

Kyra e said...

Shay reblied because they would not pay taxes

franklin said...

they were taken his land

Terrence r said...

Shays main complaint was to get land back and their courts back

Smith, Bre'Asia said...

he was a rebelling because he lost his land

Justin s said...

Because he didn't what his land taken

Anaiah W. said...

Daniel Shay was rebelling because he was angry about the government trying to take his land. THE GOVERNMENT WAS ALSO denying money which shay was trying to pay so he could keep his land

Kyra e said...

Because they were trying to pay for a war the war that they fought in

Coops n said...

He was rebelling because they were gonna take his farm away in put him in jail.so that means if he don't own land he doesn't have the right to vote.

Andre, E. said...

Daniel Shays' main complaint was that they were taking away his farm land.

Leistb said...

They were goin to take his farm

Justin,myers said...

Danel shay rebelled because his land was beating taken and he was sent to jail.

Nora, W said...

He was losing his land because he got thrown in jail for not paying is taxes but if he's in jail how can he make the money to pay the taxes. Thats why he was rebelling .

ian unzicker said...

he was rebelling because he could not pay the taxes that he had

justin b said...

His main complaint is that his land was being taken from him.

Alex S. said...

He was rebelling because he was being taxed to the point to where he couldn't pay them, and his land was being taken from him.

Zoe H . said...

His main complaint was that his land was taken because he couldn't pay taxes . But they took the major contributer to making his money . And he got trhown in jail .

Thomas chhim said...

Daniel Shays rebelled because his land was being taken away because he couldn't pay his taxes.

Schulz, Stephen said...

Daniels main complaint was them taking his land away from him. Therefore he couldnt farm for food or farm to make money for his family.

LloydW. said...

The government was taking his land

Marc T. said...

he was rebelling because he couldn't pay his taxes. since he couldn't pay his taxes they were going to take his land. this makes no since because if they take his only way to make money to pay his taxes they still wont get the money from him.

Khanh Phuong T. said...

Daniel Shay main complaint was that the government threw him in jail because he couldn't pay their taxes, in which they were taxes alot and their land were taken away. It just didn't make sense to them because they needed their land to make money. But the second reason was that Shay couldn't vote cause he didn't own any land.

Hieple L. said...

Daniel Shays main complaints is that his land is taken from him because he could not pay tax(es) and he could not vote because he doesn't own land.

Marisia F said...

Daniel Shay's main complaint was that he was losing his land because of too many taxes and got thrown in jail.

Braylin Shwagg said...

Because he was losing his land because he couldn't pay his taxes...but if you loose your land how are you gonna make money to pay your taxes? so he was thrown in jail.

Shelton,c said...

Daniel shays' was complaining because they took his farm and tried to put him in jail because he didn't pay his taxes

Granville D said...

The government was not protecting them from Indian attacks on the frontier therefore they could not farm their land therefore they could not sell their farmed goods.

jadaa love said...

daniel shay was rebelling because of the taxes and why people should pay less taxes because ppl were getting kicked outta there houses and so all those ppl who couldt afford to pay there taxes teamed up with daniel and they went to fight .

dj,martin said...

daniel shays main complaint was that when he didn't
pay his taxes the government took his land.

Faucett. said...

Mr. Shays main complaint was that the court system was taking away his land and was trying to put him in jail.From this he was rebelling because he wasn't is land back and believed he didn't deserve t go to jail.

Jayda said...

Shay was rebelling because he felt lik people thet risk there life for the war shouldn't be punish for not paying taxes.

Riley B. said...

Shay was rebelling because he was accused of treason.

kelsie l said...

he was mad they were taking his land because of taxes.

Arnae J said...

That's because the he wasn't able to pay his taxes so they were taking there land but he believed that wasn't fair because he was in the war fighting to keep his state safe.

Jaylen Jones said...

Shay repelled because He was a veteran of the american Revolution and he thought he already pay his service to America.

John n said...

He was getting his land takin

Raivin webster said...

He repelled cause they was taking his land and he owned it

Dreydan H. said...

He was rebelling because he was being taxed to the point to where he couldn't pay them, and his land was being taken from him.

Dreydan