Shays' Rebellion & Call for a New Constitution
Investigate Shays' Rebellion and its role in exposing the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.
Key Questions
- Explain how economic hardship led to Shays' Rebellion.
- Analyze how Shays' Rebellion demonstrated the inability of the national government to maintain order.
- Evaluate the argument that Shays' Rebellion was a catalyst for the Constitutional Convention.
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