George washington in his response aims to shine the light on how if actions related to shays rebellion aren't stopped at once it will become a snowball effect and lead to America's turmoil. He believes that if some farmers feel this compassionate about how the government is being ran something must be wrong and needs change. During the time period of Shays’s rebellion George Washington was already in retirement, but he had a reputation from before of being a military leader in the American revolution. Henry knox a friend from the war wrote him to ask for his advice knowing and trusting his ideals. Washington was a well respected man and his opinion was important to other members in power whom were still in the public's eye. Although, Washington wanted to retire and live the rest of his life out of the public’s eye shays’s rebellion was the reason he decide to come out of retirement and work to create a …show more content…
”, in which Washington calls out the administration for one not doing their job and second not respecting the citizens by working together. The farmers who started the revolution wanted a more stable economic environment including more paper money in circulation, and they believed they were being treated wrong. By calling out the administration he is able to gain some public support from those who rebelled by telling those in charge what they did represents an imbalance of power between government and its people when it was said to be equal. He also goes on to say “ do not let us sink into the lowest state of humiliation and contempt “, to acknowledge that the british are still bitter of the rebellion and could see this weakness as a potential to strike back and gain what it had lost. He reminds America at this moment that the british are watching every move they make waiting to call them out for being wrong and weak so every action is