shay's rebellion cause and effect

effect

Massachusetts government called the militia to stop the revolt

effect

Shays and 1,000 Massachusetts farmers led an uprising to seize the states' weapon warehouse

cause

domestic problems: august 1786, former American Revolutionary War Capitan Daniel Shays formed a group of men in reaction to the lack of support from the government

effect

economic policies caused a severe economic depression

cause

economic problems: each state set its own trade policy policy encouraged trade from own state each printed its own money

effect

farmers could not pay their taxes and were losing their farms & homes

cause

farmers were hit extra hard by economic policies

cause

foreign affairs: even after the American Revolution the British still remained in forts in the Northwest Territory Spanish controlled New Orleans

effect

the Spanish refused to allow American farmers shipped goods down the Mississippi river

effect

the uprising fizzled out, but many Americans realized the central government would not be prepared for another popular uprising a call to send delegates to a convention was ordered in 1787

effect

these state policies discouraged trade wit other states limiting growth