"When the Articles of Confederation were drafted, Americans had little experience of what a
national government could do for them and bitter experience of what an arbitrary government
could do to them. In creating a central government they were therefore more concerned with
keeping it under control than with giving it the means to do its job."
-Edmund S. Morgan, The Birth of the Republic, 1763-89, 1956
Which of the following pieces of evidence would best support the author's conclusion?
Choose 1 answer:
А
The grievances of Daniel Shays and other Revolutionary War veterans due to farm
foreclosures
B
The terms of the Treaty of Paris, which committed US debtors to repaying their British
creditors
The decision to replace the Articles of Confederation with a new Constitution
D
The lack of centralized military power under the Articles of Confederation
