What Were The Causes Of Shay's Rebellion

Before the constitution we currently have today, the U.S followed the Articles of Confederation. The Articles of Confederation was created to make a new government that was entirely different from a Monarchy; the governmental system that was responsible for corrupted leaders in wanting power for themselves. The Articles of Confederation a limited government, and many of the flaws consisted of: making it much harder for the thirteen states to pass laws, a poor central government, and having no stable currency. In 1787, twelve delegates debated in the Constitutional Convention to discuss on replacing the current constitution in favor of a new one. In December 7, 1787, a new constitution was approved and put into effect from that day forward. This
The Executive and Judicial branch didn’t exist in the Articles of Confederation, which was a problem because Congress couldn’t enforce or interpret the law. However, this caused many problems; one such problem was the incident called Shay’s Rebellion. Shay’s Rebellion happened because many of the people that fought in the revolutionary war didn’t receive any sort of compensation as they were promised. To add insult to injury, the farmers experienced high state taxes, which consequently initiated the rebellion. Congress couldn’t do anything to remedy or suppress this rebellion because they didn’t have an army, they couldn’t collect any taxes to pay back the farmers. Shay’s Rebellion exposed the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation and this prompted the delegates in the Constitutional Convention to create a much more stronger national government. The delegates created the Executive branch and Judicial Branch. The Executive branch’s job was to enforce or carry out laws made by Congress, and this job was given to the President. The Judicial branch’s job was to interpret the law and see if that fell within the constitution. The delegates also improved the role of Congress by giving the, the ability to tax and