the answer is NOT determining the goal and criteria. I just took the test and got it wrong.
My best guess would be that it is D. conducting background research
Answer: Leaders agreed that a stronger national government was needed.
Explanation:
The American economy immediately after the American Revolution had a lot of subsistence farmers with little access to hard currency and as a result could not pay off debts they owed. Veterans from the war were in debt as well as they were finding it difficult to get money they were owed by the government.
This led to widespread discontent that boiled over to the Shay's rebellion. As the dissidents marched on a Federal armoury, the Federal government could do nothing as they had very limited powers and could not fund their soldiers as a result.
When the rebellion was eventually put down by state militia, people saw the need for a stronger national government that could react to such problems and more should the need arise.
