Question

How did Shays's Rebellion highlight major problems with the Articles of Confederation? By ending the rebellion, the strong central government angered the local state government. The rebellion showed that local farmers needed to defend themselves against the government. A prospering Massachusetts showed that a strong central government was not needed. State governments had difficulties fixing their economies and raising militias for defense.

Answer 1

Shay's Rebellion highlighted major problems with the Articles of Confederation because State governments had difficulties fixing their economies and raising militias for defense. Shay's Rebellion highlighted the need for a stronger central government to prove for the economic welfare and civil defense of the newly formed United States.