Daniel Shays (1747 to 1825) was an American soldier and farmer from Massachusetts who served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, including at the Battle of Stony Point in 1779, and who is remembered as the figure who allegedly led Shays' Rebellion. That uprising of 1786 and 1787 grew out of rural anger at debt collection and tax policies in Massachusetts. Shays was born in Hopkinton in the Province of Massachusetts Bay. Scholars dispute how large a part Shays himself actually played in directing the rebels, and the rebellion carries his name because he is the figure most associated with it. After government militia scattered the rebel camp at Petersham in February 1787, he and other leaders escaped north into New Hampshire and Vermont. He died in Sparta, New York, in 1825.
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Hopkinton, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America
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an American soldier, revolutionary and farmer
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August 1747
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September 29, 1825
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He spent his early years as a landless farm laborer.
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a populist uprising against controversial debt collection and tax policies that took place in Massachusetts between 1786 and 1787
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were led by Revolutionary War veteran Daniel Shays
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