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Shay's Rebellion was a series of protest by farmers in 1786 and 1787, against tax collections in Massachusetts.

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If the Articles of Confederation were to remain our constitution, many states today would most likely be in massive debt, causing taxes to be excessively high in order to pay them off. And the court system would've likely never have been developed as well as any national currency.

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The downfall of the Articles of confederation was simply due to its weakness. The federal government had no way to enforce laws and therefore had no power.

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Strengths: It set the legislative body, Congress, as the highest power in the nation.
Weaknesses: Congress lacked power, and therefore had no power to enforce the laws it created.
States could ignore federal laws.

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The Articles created a loose confederation of sovereign states and a weak central government.  The need for a stronger federal government later became apparent and eventually led to the Constitutional Convention of 1787. However, the Articles of Confederation was later replaced on May 4th, 1789.