From Declaration to Confederation

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Problems with the Article of Confederation

  • Weak national government

  • No national judiciary

  • Taxation issues

  • Trade problems

  • Legislative difficulties

  • Amendments nearly impossible

  • Military limitation

  • Debt and funding prbkens

  • Unequal state cooperation

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Shay’s Rebellion problems

  • Farmers forced to pay debts in gold they didn’t have

  • Court and jail threatened, land loss; debt treated as a crime

  • Wealthy lawmakers profited from farmers debts

  • Poor farmers had little representation in government

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Shay’s Rebellion effects

  • Massachusetts farmers tried to seize weapons from the state of arsenal

  • Federal government couldn’t raise an army; state couldn’t afford one

  • Private militia had to stop the rebellion

  • Showed that the articles of confederation were too week

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When was Shay’s Rebellion

August 29, 1786