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What were the effects of Shays's Rebellion in the lead up to the Constitutional Convention?

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What were the effects of Shays’s Rebellion in the lead up to the Constitutional Convention?




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    Shays’s Rebellion demonstrated that the national government was too weak to respond to a crisis, which led to the Philadelphia Convention.

     

    Shays’s Rebellion encouraged Congress to adopt the Annapolis resolution and commit to revising the Articles of Confederation in Philadelphia.

     

    Incorrect Answer(s)

    Shays’s Rebellion highlighted the centrality of the slavery issue.

     

    Shays demanded that the convention adopt the Great Compromise or he would dissolve the convention.

     

    The government’s ability to end Shays’s Rebellion quickly proved the Articles of Confederation were working well.

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