Assignment task:
Concept Application
"On January 25, 1787, forces led by Daniel Shays moved toward the Confederation arsenal in Springfield and were met by Massachusetts gener,, William Shepard and his troops . . . One central fact about the re':be'llion was not lost on most leaders across the country: the Confederation's weakness had forced Massachusetts to fend for itself. A]thotilg'h. Congress had authorized new troops that could be used there, it requisitioned nearly half of them from Massachusetts itself, and it could not pay for any of them . .. it was the high-water mark of violent social unrest during the post-war Confederation period." -George William Van Cleves, We Have Not a Government, 2017
After reading the excerpt, respond to A, B, and C below:
(A) Explain how the Articles of Confederation made the above scenario possible.
(B) Describe how this scenario influenced the framers' decisions in creating the Constitution.
(C) Explain how an additional governing issue made Shays' Rebellion a decisive point in the creation of the U.S. Republic.