Question
What is the best way a strong central government could have avoided Shays’s Rebellion?
by collecting taxes to build a stronger army
by collecting taxes to pay soldiers
by enacting laws making uprisings illegal
by giving farmers work as soldiers
by collecting taxes to build a stronger army
by collecting taxes to pay soldiers
by enacting laws making uprisings illegal
by giving farmers work as soldiers
Answers
GPT-5 mini
by collecting taxes to pay soldiers
A central government that could levy taxes would have been able to fund troops or support state militias to put down the uprising—something the weak federal government under the Articles of Confederation could not do.
A central government that could levy taxes would have been able to fund troops or support state militias to put down the uprising—something the weak federal government under the Articles of Confederation could not do.