Thomas Paine wrote Common Sense to encourage the colonists to declare independence.
Taxation. Shay's Rebellion happened because banks were foreclosing on farmers' homes. The farmers revolted because they couldn't make their payments <em>and </em><em />the high interest rates which was somehow caused by large post (Revolutionary) war debts. The federal government struggled to pay its debts because the Articles of Confederation didn't allow the federal gov't to <em>force</em> states to pay taxes.
<span>Appomattox, Virginia is the answer.</span>
The answer is E because the Jay treaty was signed to settle issues with Great Britain that were unresolved from the American Revolution
