Many political leaders and citizens noticed the struggling economy from the Articles of Confederation. Without the ability to raise revenue or levy taxes, the country would forever be in debt. Farmer’s were in an outrage due to their homes being foreclosed and not being able to afford to pay their dues. This outage started a group of farmers gathering their arms, and using tactics similar to the Revolution. They blocked off the courthouses together to ensure that the judges couldn’t issue foreclosure on the farmers. Benjamin Lincoln and his militia arrested over a thousand of the “Shaysites” to reopen the courts and to end the dispute (Basile, Marco). These men were even put to death on account of treason, all for wanting their rights and wanting to set upright the people’s grievances. This uprising of Shay’s Rebellion led the leaders around the country to make changes.…show more content… This process took years, but eventually, twelve of the thirteen delegates of the states met in Pennsylvania in 1787 (Klein, Christopher). This Constitutional Convention was held to revise the Articles of Confederation; thus, creating an entirely new constitution. This new constitution established the need of a strong federal government with three separate branches go balance each other out. These three branches (legislative, executive, and judicial) used the system of checks and balances to ensure fairness throughout the government system. Also, states still received power, and had representation throughout the federal government (“Shay’s”). Each state is represented based on the population and tax base within it, and all national laws would have to apply within the laws of the
