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What were the issues that led to Shays’ Rebellion? Could the Rebellion have been dealt with differently by authorities? If so how? Why did the Rebellion frighten the people outside of Massachusetts? Daniel Shays was a respected Revolutionary War soldier as well as a farmer. Daniel Shays strongly disagreed with the government after the war. As a strong member of his community Daniel decided to fight for what was right. In 1787 Daniel Shays led troops on a surprise attack on the government. There are many actions taking by government that brought on Shays’ Rebellion. What the government did affected a lot of people and it left them to fight along with Daniel Shays. After the Revolutionary War the United States still had not formed formal government organizations. The constitutional congress had not even come together yet which left the people of the U.S in a conf