Ineed with writing a paragraph write an essay of three paragraphs describing the government of the united states under the articles of confederation, and later, the constitution. organize your thoughts by thinking about these questions. • what were the weaknesses of the articles of confederation? • how did shays's rebellion show these problems? • how was the constitutional convention arranged? • when it came time to ratify the constitution, what problems arose and how were they solved? now that your ideas are organized, write your essay.

The weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation is that they established a weak national government that was not capable of enforcing laws. Shay’s rebellion demonstrated this as the government did not have the army to quash the rebellion. Problems that arose during ratification of the constitution include a conflict between the federalists who wanted a strong government and anti-federalists who were worried that a strong central government threatened the liberties of people. They were resolved through various compromises

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