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The Revolutionary War was over, but the Constitutional Congress also had yet to convene. The country was in chaos. Beginning in the summer of 1786, the Regulators, as the rebels called themselves, forced courts in Northampton, Great Barrington, Worcester and Concord to close, preventing the sitting of the courts.Massachusetts's Governor, James Bowdoin,quicklyraised an army by private subscription of4,400 militiamen underGeneral Benjamin Lincoln torestore the courts and to protect the state. 1. What did the rebels call themselves and what did they force? On January, 25th, 1787, Shays led insurgents to the Federal Arsenal in Springfield with about 1,500 armed men behind him. This was the high-water mark of this violent and wide-spread rebellion that crested in the bloody clash at the arsenal as the rebels attempted to seize the muskets, cannon, barracks, and ammunition stored here. 2. Where did Daniel Shays lead the insurgents and what did they want to seize? The rebel column approached from the East on what is today State Street toward todays Federal Square before they rushed toward the militia standing on todays Armory Square [the grass quadrangle in front of the Springfield Armory NHS Museum]. Massachusetts militia General William Shepard commanded 1,200 local militiamen who fired several cannons into the ranks of the advancing rebels, killing four and wounding many more. No muskets were fired by either side. Crying "murder", Shayss men scattered in disarray toward Chicopee. 3. Who fired on the advancing rebels at the Springfield Armory? and what happened to the rebel forces? General Lincoln hadmoved westward from Boston to defend theWorcester court whileShays andthe Regulators marched onthe Arsenal late in the afternoon of January 25th, 1787.He and his nearly 4,400 militiamenarrived in Springfield a few daysafter the attempted rebel effortwith reinforcements and quickly chased Shays's army northward. On the morning of February 3rd, the insurgents were taken completely by surprise in Petersham, Massachusetts. General Lincoln had marched his troops from Hadley through a snowstorm the previous night to attackas Shays and his men sat downto breakfast. The regulators scattered, and the rebellion was effectively ended with some fighting and bloodshed continuing in the months ahead in the Berkshire hills to the west. 4. Describe what happened when the Regulators marched on the Arsenal late in the afternoon of January 25, 1787? 5. What happened after General Benjamin Lincoln marched his troops from Hadley through a snowstorm? Fourteen of the rebel leaders, including Shays, were soon sentenced to death for treason. Pardoned months later by newly-elected Governor John Hancock, only two men, John Bly and Charles Rose of Berkshire County, were later hung, and they as outlaws. By that summer, he and the newly-elected Massachusetts Legislature began the work of reform. 6. What sentence was handed down to the rebel leaders? and for what? 7. What did John Hancock do after he was elected governor of Massachusetts? That following summer, the Federal Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia struggled to create a stronger central government that would "establish justice and insure domestic tranquility." Shays's Rebellion is today considered one of the major events leading to the formation of the United States Constitution. - Edited & compiled by Richard Colton, historian, Springfield Armory NHS- 8. Shayss Rebellion lead to the formation of what? 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