Shays Rebellion of 1786 was a series of violent attacks by rural landowners on county courthouses and armories in Massachusetts. It led to a full-blown military confrontation with the state militia in the winter of 1787.
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Five Forgotten Facts about American History
Most Americans go about thinking they know their patriotic historical facts, as taught to them when they were in school. But here are FIVE commonly mistaken or unknown facts about American history: