Question

The importance of Shays' Rebellion to the development of the United States Constitution was that it revealed the necessity of both adding the Bill of Rights to the Constitution and creating a new system of checks and balances revealed the necessity of both adding the Bill of Rights to the Constitution and creating a new system of checks and balances A demonstrated the intensity of antiratification sentiment within the thirteen states demonstrated the intensity of antiratification sentiment within the thirteen states B indicated that a strong, constitutionally designed national government was needed to protect property and maintain order indicated that a strong, constitutionally designed national government was needed to protect property and maintain order C convinced the delegates attending the Constitutional Convention to accept the Connecticut Plan convinced the delegates attending the Constitutional Convention to accept the Connecticut Plan D reinforced the idea that slavery should be outlawed in the new Constitution

Answer 1

The correct answer is "indicated that a strong, constitutionally designed national government was needed to protect property and maintain order."

The importance of Shays' Rebellion to the development of the United States Constitution was that it indicated that a strong, constitutionally designed national government was needed to protect property and maintain order.

Let's have in mind that the Articles of Confederation had left a weak central government in the hands of Congress that basically was not able to do something important. Why? Because the states were free and sovereign and could collect money through taxation. Congress couldn't. If Congress needed money, it had to ask for it from the states. The central government couldn't raise an army.

So after the Shay's Rebellion led by Daniel Shay in which rebels attacked courts and other public buildings in Boston, Massachusetts, Americans realized the need for a strong federal government that could have the power to act in this and other important situations.