Reasons for Shay's Rebellion
- The debt collections have decimated the amount of cash in the colonies.
- The tax collections are not being spent to decrease the nation's debt, but rather on the "interests of the governmental securities".
- The people who protect the rights and liberties of the people are actually distancing themselves from the common people.
- Officials such as deputies and sheriffs have too much power and are now looked upon with hatred and contempt.
- The people itself should take on the responsibility of paying of the national debt, not the federal government.