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What 1786-1787 uprising of Massachusetts farmers protesting debt and taxes exposed the weakness of the Articles of Confederation and spurred calls for a constitutional convention?

Answer: Shays' Rebellion — Shays' Rebellion, led by Revolutionary War veteran Daniel Shays, closed courthouses and attempted to seize the federal armoury at Springfield before being suppressed by a state militia.

Shays' Rebellion, led by Revolutionary War veteran Daniel Shays, closed courthouses and attempted to seize the federal armoury at Springfield before being suppressed by a state militia.

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