Shay’s Rebellion begins: former Captain Daniel Shays, of the Fifth Massachusetts Regiment, organizes 1,600 veterans of the first American Revolution into the Regulator Militia to prevent their farms from being seized to the retire Massachusetts’ war debt (paper money).

      [restored 11/22/2024] Thanks to Chuck McGlawn for this entry.

Subsequent Events:

1/4/1787                   1/25/1787

Authority:

unanimous Declaration (of Independence), Paragraph 2
ccc-2point0.com/unanimous_Declaration

References:

Daniel Shays – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Shays

Shays’ Rebellion – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shays’_Rebellion

The Revolution’s Paper Money Legacy | Strike-The-Root A Journal Of Liberty.mht
www.strike-the-root.com/82/smith/smith1.html

Current U.s. National Debt:

$36,167,124,467,492

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