The Crisis in the United States After the Revolutionary War

All 13 states were suffering the same economic problems after the 17 eighties. Some of the new state governments chose harsh auster ity, raising taxes on their citizens. Massachusetts raised farmers taxes drastically, up to four or five times the tax rates under british rule. In western mass daniel chaise was in danger of losing his farm, along with many of his neighbors. For months, groups of farmers tried voicing their distress and pleading for leniency but they got no response. On august 20, ninth 17 86, hundreds of farmers including daniel shayse went to hampshire county court in northampton,. which was scheduled to deal with debtors that day.