MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
SHAYS REBELLION
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Many Americans saw these things as signs that the new nation was falling apart.
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Congress called for a conventions to revise the Articles of Confederation.
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People like Madison concluded that a nation made up of many groups needs a strong central government.
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The founding fathers decided to revise the Declaration of Independence.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Shays’ Rebellion accelerated calls to reform the Articles, eventually resulting in the Philadelphia Convention of 1787. The Convention elected Washington as its president and ultimately produced the Constitution of the United States.
Detailed explanation-2: -For nationalists like James Madison of Virginia, Shays’ Rebellion was a prime example of why the country needed a strong central government. “Liberty, ” Madison warned, “may be endangered by the abuses of liberty as well as the abuses of power.”
Detailed explanation-3: -Shays’s Rebellion, (August 1786–February 1787), uprising in western Massachusetts in opposition to high taxes and stringent economic conditions. Armed bands forced the closing of several courts to prevent execution of foreclosures and debt processes.