The February 1787 Disqualification Act removed liberties from Massachusetts citizens who had rebelled.

Massachusetts Archives

The Diqualification Act of February 1787 was only one of a number of repressive measures against Massachusetts rebels who called themselves "Regulators". To learn more and access transcripts & images of original letters and documents of the time, "CLICK" on the image of the image above!

SIMULATION

SHAYS REBELLION & the MARCH on SPRINGFIELD ARSENAL

A SUCCESSFUL & SIMPLE SIMULATION

Appropriate for grade 5 through Middle School.

OVERVIEW: This game has been successful in introducing conflict situations or comparative systems. It is presented here to help learners understand the 1787 storming of Springfield Arsenal, Springfield, Massachusetts, by armed rebels during what has come to be known as Shays’s Rebellion. The attack was repulsed with the loss of four rebels killed and many wounded. Fear of similar rebellions led directly to the 1787 Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia.