"The insurgents who were assembled at Worcester in Massachusetts have disbanded. The people at Boston seem to be glad at this event and say it was the effect of fear. But the fact is that the insurgents effected their object . . .
"The commotions of Massachusetts have wrought prodigious changes in the minds of men in that State [with regard to] the Powers of Government. Everybody says they must be strengthened and that unless this shall be effected there is no Security for liberty or Property. Such is the State of things in the east, that much trouble is to be apprehended in the course of the ensuing year."
-Henry Knox, letter to his former commander George Washington, 1786
Based on the text, which of the following statements would the author most likely agree with?
(a)The lack of centralized military power under the articles of confederation poses a serious threat to the stability of the United States
(b)The lack of financial power under the articles of confederation poses a serious threat to the stability of the United States
(c) The lack of centralized governance under the articles of confederation poses a serious threat to the stability of the United States
(d)None of the above
