Daniel Shays
After he served as a captain in the Continental Army, Daniel Shays issued a set of demands that included paper currency, tax relief, a moratorium on debts, abolition of imprisonment for debt, and the relocation of the state capital from Boston. As a result of the postwar economic depression, he became a leader in the revolt of small farmers that became known as Shays's Rebellion.
Shays's Rebellion added urgency to the movement to produce a new, national constitution. Shays and his lieutenants were pardoned, and protesters were offered with some tax relief and postponement of debt payments.