How did shays rebellion illustrate the weaknesses of the articles of the confederation

The Shays Rebellion was an armed conflict that took place in Massachusetts during 1786 and 1787, pitting Daniel Shays's rebels against the government. The origin of this conflict was the serious economic and financial situation of the country after the war, where the government demanded many ex-soldiers to pay their debts without granting any type of concession. This angered Shays and many other men, who viewed these demands as tyrannical and unfair. So they decided to arm themselves against the government and assaulted the Springfield armory. In view of this situation, the Massachusetts government asked for help from the federal government, which under the Articles of Confederation could not easily mobilize troops because it needed the agreement of the member states. Therefore, Massachusetts had to mobilize its own militia to defeat the rebels.

This situation revealed the weakness of the Articles of Confederation regarding military issues, given the inability to provide a quick response to an internal threat.

question: write a report analyzing through articles of confederation.

answer: the articles of confederation the united states constitution was written when the people feared strong government the new nation needed some kind of organization to hold states together to them fend off future attacks and make a stronger support system through the states and people the states bonded through a friendship that best served as a defense against a invasion and states were not allowed to use taxes as a way to discourage treaties, and states were extremely limited in their dealings with foreign nations the strengths were that the congress has the highest power in the nation because of   fear of monarchy congress had the sole power to declare war and assign treaties disputes between states and territorial issues were to be brought to congress and weaknesses were the lack of power given to congress the articles gave congress the power to pass laws but no power to enforce those laws if a state did not support a federal law that state could simply ignore it congress had no power to levy taxes or regulate trade.

explanation: so like every argument they have strengths and weaknesses but in this case there were more weaknesses but they managed o get through it and make an agreement

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