Why did the colonist fear a large federal government?

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Events:

1777Congress is created under the Articles of Confederation

1781Articles of Confederation is ratified

1785Congress passes Land Ordinance of 1785

1787Daniel Shays leads attack on federal arsenal at Springfield, Massachusetts Congress passes Northwest Ordinance of 1787

The Articles of Confederation

Shortly after Thomas Jefferson penned the Declaration Of Independence in 1776, the delegates at the Second Continental Congress agreed that a new government was necessary to govern the now-independent colonies. After much debate, they drafted and adopted the Articles Of Confederation in 1777.

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