Shay's Rebellion Pros And Cons Analysis

The Articles were made in reaction to the excesses of the power of the English monarchy. They created a very weak central government and made the individual states as sovereign as possible while still in a loose association with one another. The Articles did not allow the national government to collect taxes, regulate trade, foreign or domestic, or create a national court system. Further, there was no easy method for assembling a national army. All of these faults led to very independent states, each with their own laws and courts, and even currency, which did little to promote cooperation, economically or otherwise. All of these points came to a boil when Shay's Rebellion occurred in protest to horrible economic conditions. The inability of the national government to assemble a military force to …show more content…
The three published many arguments in favor of a strong national government called the Federalist Papers. Their major concerns were in addressing the weaknesses of the Articles. While they recognized that the people were leery of any strong government, they ultimately realized that the pros outweighed the cons, and argued as such. Their work was exemplified in the writing of the Preamble, which outlined the aims for the new Constitution which the Founder's drew up.

The Preamble itself is actually a very short, but well written introduction to the rest of the document. It contains very general and broad claims about the purpose of the Constitution, mainly, to create a national government which is not only capable of governing, but capable of governing well. The phrase “We the people,” evokes an image of unity, strengthened by the following phrase, “in order to form a more perfect union. So in the first place, the Preamble seeks to create a united nation, not disparate states in competition with one