Question

Examples of how people have reacted to the new government, articles of confederation.

Answer 1

The individual states loved the Articles of Confederation because the document gave the states complete sovereignty and left the Federal Government powerless. Shay's Rebellion let the states see the need for a stronger central government; so the Articles were replaced with the U.S. Constitution 

Answer 2

People were initially happy with the Articles of Confederation, mostly because they had just left the American Revolution War and feared a strong central government. The Articles provided that, they designed a weak central government with few or none powers at the same time it gave most of the power to the States government, which was a public demand.

The problem was that with time, the Articles showed its problems which eventually started to bother people with economic chaos and political confusion because of the weak central government. With Shay's Rebellion, people started to notice that a strong central government was needed and the Articles lost its supporters.