What caused daniel shays to sell off half of his land after the american revolution?

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Daniel Shay had to sell off half of his land after the American Revolution because he had so many debts. After he received his pardon, the moved from Pelham to New York in 1795,  an attempt to improve his difficult economic situation. By 1805 he had sold half of his land and moved again to Sparta, with a daughter. When he was 77, he submitted a petition to Congress under a pension act ti receive assistance to indigent veterans of the Continental Army that had fought during the Revolutionary War. Let's remember that he was the leader of the Shay's Rebellion in Massachusetts.

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