Question

What was the main factor that led to Shays' Rebellion?
A. Farmers were going to lose their farms due to raised taxes.
B. Farmers were forced to give a portion of their crops to the government as a tax. C.The government was going to seize some of the farmers' land for future government buildings.
D. The farmers were told what crops to grow by the government.

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct answer is A: Farmers were going to lose their farms due to raised taxes.

Explanation:

Shays' Rebellion was an armed uprising that took place in Western Massachusets to oppose to the government's action to increase the taxes collection effort to pay a debt crisis happening by that time. Daniel Shay, a veteran from the American Revolutionary War was the one who led a large group of rebels to fight against the government and its impositions. He was a farmhand so that encouraged the fact to rise against the system.

Answer 2

Answer:

Farmers were going to lose their farms due to raised taxes.