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b'In the 1780\\u2019s, many Americans did not trust a strong central government. This distrust is best shown by the?\\n\\nPlan of government set up by the Articles of Confederation. \\xa0\\nMany Americans did not trust a strong central government because they were scared that our government would become a monarchist government. Colonists had fought a war in order to achieve their independence from the British government. Therefore, the Articles of Confederation were drafted in order to ensure that a strong central government would not be a problem. The Articles of confederation were a set of standards through which our country will go by.\\n\\nWhy did the Articles of confederation fail?\\n\\nA reason why the Articles of confederation failed was because it concentrated mostly on what the people wanted and not what the country needed.\\n\\nThe Northwest Ordinance of 1787 was important because? \\xa0\\n\\nThe Northwest Ordinance was important to the United States\\u2019 history because it provided a process for admission of new states to the Union.\\n\\nShay\\u2019s Rebellion, which was led by Daniel Shay, was a protest over direct taxes and other economic and political problems faced by farmers of Western Massachusetts, which was another good outcome. Shay\\u2019s Rebellion demonstrated how the lack of a strong central government could result in using of the poor and ultimately in a rebellion. It also showed why a strong central government was necessary in order to have a stable promising country.'