Shortly after the United States had declared and won independence from Great Britain, they decided to clarify a constitution to dictate what rules should be placed named the “Articles of Confederation”. This was weakly designed including only a unicameral congress, which didn't have much power to enforce rules to make sure it didn't violate any rights of the states, but did introduce the idea of Republicanism (no king or queen and by the authority of the people), the limiting agents to the government's power was the overall problem. After realizing the government didn't have a way of paying for itself, and the states would not support the government needs, delegates met in Philadelphia to discuss the Constitution and would ratify it in latter years. After the war with Britain, America was nearly bankrupt …show more content…
If you had served in the military, the government had promised to give you a certain amount of money at the end of your term, which some had not received. The started printing paper money to supplement coins, which led farmers to start raising the prices on their crops to pay back debt. However, Massachusetts didn’t print more paper money, instead, the local police took away farms and placed farmers who couldn't pay off debt in prison who had still not received the promised pay for serving. this angered many farmers, especially one named Daniel Shays. He gathered and armed farmers who are also in debt to protest against the judges to make them stop farm foreclosures. Of course, the rebellion was shut down, but they did leave an impact. The state legislature disposed of some of the taxes on farmers, but the most important impact of Shays rebellion was the panic it left on the wealthy in America. They were worried more uprisings like may occur across the