Question

3. What was the cause of Shays’ Rebellion? Farmers were frustrated that Congress could not regulate interstate commerce. Farmers feared the loss of their crops, livestock, and farms to foreclosure. Shays and his supporters did not accept the relief measures provided by the state. Shays and his supporters were angry that the import amendment did not pass.

Answer 1

Farmers feared the loss of their crops, livestock, and farms to foreclosure.

Explanation: Post‑Revolution economic depression, heavy state taxes and debts, and aggressive debt collection and court foreclosures left many rural farmers (including veterans) facing loss of property. That economic distress sparked Shays’ Rebellion (1786–1787).