Editing Daniel Shays (section)

{{Short description|American soldier and rebel (1747–1825)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Daniel Shays
| image              = Daniel Shays (Shays' Rebellion).jpg
| caption            = "An Authentic Portrait of the Chief Insurgent" from 1878's ''Our First Century'' by Richard Miller Devens
| birth_date         = {{birth-year|August 1747}}
| birth_place        = [[Hopkinton, Massachusetts|Hopkinton]], [[Province of Massachusetts Bay]], British&nbsp;America
| death_date         = {{nowrap|{{death date and given age|1825|9|29|78}}}}
| death_place        = [[Sparta, New York|Sparta]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S.
| resting_place      = Union Cemetery, [[Scottsburg,&nbsp;New York]]
| occupation         = {{hlist|Farmer|military officer}}
| known_for          = {{ubl|[[American Revolutionary War]] captain|[[Shays' Rebellion]]}}
| spouse             = {{marriage|Abigail Gilbert|1772}}
| children           = 6
| signature          = DanielShays.svg
| module             = {{Infobox military person|embed=yes
|allegiance=United States
|branch={{ubl|[[Massachusetts National Guard|Massachusetts militia]]|[[Continental Army]]}}
|serviceyears={{ubl|1775 (militia)|1775–1780 (army)}}
|rank=[[Captain (United States O-3)|Captain]]
|unit={{ubl|Woodbridge's Regiment (militia)|[[1st Rhode Island Regiment|Varnum's Regiment]]|[[5th Massachusetts Regiment]]|Corps of Light Infantry}}
|battles={{tree list}}
* American Revolutionary War
**[[Boston campaign]]
**[[Siege of Boston]]
**[[Battles of Saratoga]]
**[[Battle of Stony Point]]
* [[Shays' Rebellion]]{{tree list/end}}
}}
}}

'''Daniel Shays''' (August 1747 – September 29, 1825) was an American soldier, revolutionary and farmer famous for allegedly leading [[Shays' Rebellion]], a populist uprising against controversial debt collection and tax policies that took place in [[Massachusetts]] between 1786 and 1787. The actual role played by Shays in the rebellion is disputed by scholars.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Zug |first=Charles U. |date=September 1, 2021 |title=Creating a Demagogue: The Political Origins of Daniel Shays's Erroneous Legacy in American Political History |url=https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/716687 |journal=American Political Thought |language=en |volume=10 |issue=4 |pages=601–628 |doi=10.1086/716687 |s2cid=243849281 |issn=2161-1580|url-access=subscription }}</ref>