ARP343 Shays' Rebellion

Massachusetts farmers feel the squeeze caused by excessive taxes to pay down war debt and a shortage of money in circulation. With the laws set up to benefit wealthy eastern merchants, to the detriment of the farmers, the farmers shut down the state government in protest. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as more resources related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the Week: Daniel Shays's Honorable Rebellion: An American Story, by Daniel Bullen Online Recommendation of the Week: Daniel Bullen: Shay's Honorable Rebellion. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIcyDT1aqik Join American Revolution Podcast on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AmRevPodcast Ask your American Revolution Podcast questions on Quora: https://amrevpod.quora.com Join the Facebook group, American Revolution Podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/132651894048271 Follow the podcast on Twitter @AmRevPodcast Join the podcast mail list: https://mailchi.mp/d3445a9cd244/american-revolution-podcast-by-michael-troy  ARP T-shirts and other merch: http://tee.pub/lic/AmRevPodcast Support this podcast on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/AmRevPodcast or via PayPal http://paypal.me/AmRevPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices