“Let the people take arms. The remedy is to present them with the facts, pardon, and pacify them.” (A letter by Thomas Jefferson, paragraph 2). Shays’ Rebellion was a group of American citizens that were fighting for their rights and were against taxation during the 1780s. Although many people perceive Shays and his followers as rebels, nevertheless Shays’ and his followers were freedom fighters because the government were treating others unfairly, the justice system was full of revenge, hatred, etc., and the wealthy became more rich from taxes. First off, the government treated their people unfairly despite what the Declaration of Independence stated. The Declaration of Independence stated that all humans have the rights for “Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness” but the government isn’t allowing some of their citizens to fight for their rights. According to Daniel …show more content…
During that time, the wealthy became more affluent, rich from the taxes given to the United States of America by their citizens. Gray also states that their tax dollars were “used to pay off investments that are held by wealthy Americans” instead of being “set aside to pay off foreign debt.” The author is saying that the States were trying to pay off the minor investments than the major debt that helped them obtain their freedom. This made the congress seem like they were not thankful for the ones that helped them escape from a unitary government. In addition, since the people could not have paid for their taxes, Abigail Adams states that “Those that had money were afraid to lend it for fear that the government would take more money from them.” Adams was saying that the well-off were afraid of the government from raising their tax rate if they paid for it causing them to not pay their government. This was causing the government to use more precautions and lessen their