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__ Daniel Shays __

Have you ever heard of Shays Rebellion? Well I’m the man who led it. It was a rebellion for people who fought in the war and grew crops and didn't get their moneys worth. Before we talk about that I shall tell you about my life first. In Hopkinton, Massachusetts 1747 I became my parents 2nd child. Later my mother had 4 other kids and I was the 2nd of 6 children. My parents, Patrick and Margret Shays didn’t have a lot of money so I was poor trough out my childhood. By the time I was 13 I started working as a farm laborer. I had a passion for wars and battles. I loved seeing the guns and shields they had while riding on their steeds. When I was 20 I became captain of the continental army and captain of the 5th Massachusetts regiment. We went on to the American Revolution with all our might and power! Months later we had won. We were filled with joy and pride!!! By the time I was 25 I found love with Abigail Gilbert. We got married and had 3 children. Our first kid was a boy. We had named him Daniel Junior. Then we had 2 daughters. Later I soon heard from my father that we not getting paid for farming and fighting in wars plus we needed that money because the economy was bad at the time. That’s when I started a rebellion called “Shays Rebellion”. Times were hard and money was hard to get, so people including myself couldn’t pay for our farming lands. People started putting us in jail for not being able to pay. Soon we started breaking people out of jail and started fighting to get paid. We got sent to jail for breaking people out of jail. After a couple months I broke out of jail and escaped to Vermont. In June I got pardoned. I never fought in a war again but how I fought for farmers is still heard throughout America. I hope you never forget. Thank you and I hope you have a good day. Daniel Shays died September 29th, 1825 in Sparta, New York (NY). 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