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The congress of the confederation could not tax. The could request tax, but they had no authority. The government went into debt.
Congress was it.
Made amendments to the constitution.
Shay's rebellion showed how Congress was unable to organize a military.
Shay's rebellion showed how Congress was unable to organize a military.
they wanted to leave
that one thing
to fight the revolutionary war, congress had borrowed large sums of money. with the war over, it was now time to pay back the loans. yet the confederation congress did not have the money to do so. congress also found that it did not have the power to deal on an equal basis with other nations.Lol
congress didn't have the power to tax directly, regulate interstate trade, tax, form military, and finally they couldn't be changed easily.
to fight the revolutionary war, congress had borrowed large sums of money. with the war over, it was now time to pay back the loans. yet the confederation congress did not have the money to do so. congress also found that it did not have the power to deal on an equal basis with other nations.Lol
Shay's rebellion showed how Congress was unable to organize a military.
George Washington thought that the Articles of Confederation had weakened Congress, leaving it unable to keep order, raise money through taxes, or deal effectively with European nations. He wrote, "The Confederation appears to me to be little more than a shadow without substance."