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Why did Massachusetts respond to end Shay's Rebellion?

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Shay's Rebellion essentially stopped the courts from functioning, as well as freeing men imprisoned for debts. ... Instead, a privately-funded militia was raised by merchants, which defeated the Regulators and the rebellion was ended.

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