They hoped to establish a colony in order to make a profit
Radicals (those who desired change) in the legislative assembly were called ‘left-wing’
whereas conservatives in the legislative (those who wanted to maintain status-quo) were called ‘right wing’.
The main causes of Shays' Rebellion all had to do with anger of tax and debt collection, which showed that the early United States had a very hard time exerting power over the individual states and the populations of these states.