DANIEL SHAYS 1747 1825 PATRIOT AND SOLDIER SHAYS DANIEL 1747 1825 TAXES REVOLUTIONARY WAR COLONIES ECONOMY AND LABOR DANIEL SHAYS WAS PROBABLY BORN IN HOPKINTON MASSACHUSETTS SOMETIME AROUND 1747 DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR HE FOUGHT AT THE BATTLES OF BUNKER HILL TICONDEROGA AND SARATOGA AND WAS PROMOTED TO CAPTAIN IN 1777 SHAYS RESIGNED FROM THE CONTINENTAL ARMY IN 1780 AND SETTLED IN PELHAM MASSACHUSETTS IN 1786 AFTER THE U.S GOVERNMENT IMPOSED HEAVY TAXES AND MORTGAGES THAT GREATLY AFFECTED FARMERS SHAYS WAS ONE OF THE LEADERS OF AN ARMED UPRISING AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT THIS UPRISING BECAME KNOWN AS SHAYS'S REBELLION AFTER BEING DEFEATED BY THE STATE MILITIA IN 1787 SHAYS FLED TO VERMONT HE WAS SENTENCED TO DEATH BUT THEN PARDONED IN 1788 HE LATER RECEIVED A FEDERAL PENSION FOR HIS SERVICES IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR
