Shay's Rebellion.
It was an embodiment of the failure of the articles of confederation, and made people realize that changes needed to be made.
<h3>It is too often tied up in judgements. We say that more group is civilized if it behaves in ways that we think are appropriate. We think that societies are civilized is they act like "good" people as opposed to acting like "savages".</h3>
Lee didn’t think badly of the Union. In fact he greatly apposed secession, the separating of the Confederation from the Union. However he would go on to resign from the US Army, deny the chance of being a general in the Union, and become a top general in the Confederation feeling he owed more loyalty to his state then the entire government. Lee could not go against “his own people” as he was born and raised in Virginia, feeling a great sense of loyalty to them even if he felt what they were doing compared to the Union was wrong.
American factories were to produce goods to support the war effort and almost overnight the unemployment rate dropped to around 10%.
