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Zorluk: ZorThe Articles of Confederation and the Northwest Territory

"We have, probably, had too good an opinion of human nature in forming our Confederation. Experience has taught us, that men will not adopt & carry into execution, those measures which are best calculated for their own good, without the intervention of a coercive power. I do not conceive we can exist long as a nation, without having lodged somewhere a power which will pervade the whole Union in as energetic a manner, as the authority of the State Governments extends over the several States."
—George Washington, letter to John Jay, August 1, 1786

Which of the following developments in the late 1780s most directly reflected the concerns expressed by Washington in the excerpt?

  1. The outbreak of Shays' Rebellion, which exposed the national government's inability to raise an army or enforce public order.Cevap
  2. B
    The ratification of the Bill of Rights, which sought to restrict the centralized power of the federal government.
  3. C
    The passage of the Alien and Sedition Acts to suppress political opposition from rival party factions.
  4. D
    The colonial boycotts organized in response to the Townshend Acts to protest direct taxation.

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The outbreak of Shays' Rebellion, which exposed the national government's inability to raise an army or enforce public order.
The correct answer is the outbreak of Shays' Rebellion, which exposed the national government's inability to raise an army or enforce public order. Washington's letter, written in August 1786, laments the lack of 'coercive power' in the Confederation government. Just months later, Shays' Rebellion erupted in Massachusetts, exposing the national government's inability to raise troops or financial resources to suppress internal insurrections. This event became the catalyst for the Constitutional Convention, where delegates sought to construct a stronger federal framework.

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1
Analyze the historical source and identify its author, recipient, date, and core argument.
The source is a 1786 letter from George Washington to John Jay, arguing that the Confederation government lacks 'coercive power' and cannot survive without authority comparable to that of the state governments.
Understanding the context (1786, under the Articles of Confederation) and Washington's critique of the weak central government is necessary to align the source with late-1780s developments.
2
Evaluate the options to identify which event in the late 1780s directly demonstrated the consequences of this lack of central coercive power.
Shays' Rebellion (1786–1787) was an armed uprising in Massachusetts that the Confederation Congress could not effectively suppress due to its lack of military and taxing authority, forcing reliance on a state-funded militia.
Connecting Washington's conceptual concern about a weak state to a concrete historical event of the same period shows how the weakness manifested in reality.
3
Differentiate between the incorrect options based on their chronology and conceptual framework.
The Townshend Acts boycotts happened in the 1760s (pre-Revolution). The Bill of Rights was ratified in 1791 to restrict a strong government, not strengthen a weak one. The Alien and Sedition Acts occurred in 1798 during early party conflicts. None of these address the lack of coercive power under the Articles of Confederation in the late 1780s.
Ensures that distractors are eliminated based on chronological mismatch or incorrect conceptual alignment with the Articles of Confederation.

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