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1、The Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation and Shays Rebellion(and why money isnt worth the paper its printed on)Its All About Power! Why was the central government so weak? Look at the Americans experience with the powerful central government of Britain Do the opposite!But what if the governme
2、nt doesnt have enough power?BIG PROBLEMS!Federal RightsStates RightsOne Major WeaknessCongress did not have the power to collect taxes from the states.Could I please have $1000?NO!NO!NO!NO!Whats a government to do?Hmmmm.why dont I just print some more money?PRINTING MONEY NEVER SOLVES YOUR PROBLEMS!
3、Which would you rather have?Money isnt worth the paper its printed on!Money is only worth what other people will give you for it!Paper money represents real things=One piece of paper ($1)One piece of goldPaper money represents real things=One piece of paper ($1)One can of sodaTherefore.=One piece of
4、 goldOne can of sodaWhat if you dont have enough?What if someone wont give you what you want for the piece of paper that you have?Can you just print more paper?NO! It doesnt work that way!Remember.paper money represents real things. You havent changed the number of real things, just the number of pi
5、eces of paper!=ACK! INFLATION!Now your paper money is worth less!=Soda used to cost $1. Now it costs $2!PRINTING MONEY NEVER SOLVES A GOVERNMENTS PROBLEMS!Inflation was so out of control in Germany that in 1923, it cost 4 million of their dollars to buy a loaf of bread!What weve learned so far.1. Mo
6、ney is only worth what people will give you for it.2. Printing more money doesnt solve your economic problems.Weak Government = Problems!Heres an explanation of how the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation led to Shays Rebellion, which led to the creation of the Constitution.Daniel Shays Capt
7、ain in the Revolutionary War Retired from the army Wanted to be a farmer in MassachusettsUh oh.no money! Remember! The Congress didnt have the power to tax states.they could only ask for money! The states said no! So Congress couldnt pay its bills! So they printed more money! So they caused inflatio
8、n and made money worth less!How can you be a farmer if you have no money?Get a loan from the bank!Plant your seeds!When your crops are grown, harvest them, sell them, and pay your loan back!Uh oh.problems!What if the bank wants its money back NOW?But your crops havent grown yet?THE REPO MAN COMES!Th
9、e bank repossesses the farms and kicks the former soldiers out of their homes!Why didnt they have any money? Inflation! The money they did have was worthless. Taxes! The state of Massachusetts had placed high taxes that hit the farmers very hard.Who cares about having a farm anyway? Without property
10、, you cant feed your family! Without property, you cant vote! Without property, you cant make money! Without making money, you get thrown into debtors prison!Give me my house! Daniel Shays and the farmers pick up their guns and go to the state courthouse to stop them from foreclosing on their homes.
11、 AND IT WORKED!So they kept doing it.And made the people in the government afraid!The government made new laws that were meant to punish Shays and his followers.The Congress cant helpSince the Articles of Confederation did not give Congress the power to raise a standing army, the federal government
12、could not help stop the rebellion.The ClimaxThe state of Massachusetts sets up an army.Shays and his followers try to take over a federal arsenal to get more guns so that they could fight the army.Shays and his men lost the battle.Some of them got the death penalty for having participated in the reb
13、ellion.To the Constitution. The failure of the federal government to solve the problem of Shays Rebellion made people understand that the Articles of Confederation had made the government too weak. A Constitutional Convention was called to solve the problem.The Constitution Is Born! After 16 weeks of arguments, the new Constitution was created. And thats the government that we still have today!Bibliography for Imageshttp:/