The Following Questions Are Based on the Excerpt Below

question 46

Multiple Choice

The following questions are based on the excerpt below.
"There is I think great danger that [the new United States government] will be [a failure] unless the tottering system shall be supported by arms...
What is the cause of this commotion [in Western Massachusetts]? [The farmers] just complained of commutation,of the weight of the public taxes,of the insupportable debt of the union,of the scarcity of money,and of the cruelty of suffering the private creditors to call for their just dues....The proportion of debtors run high in this State.Too many of them are against the government.The men of property,and the holders of the public securities are generally abettors of our present constitution."
Benjamin Lincoln,letter to George Washington,1786
-The internal unrest described in this passage would most directly lead to

• A) violent conflict between the Americans and the Native Americans.
• B) calls for the development of a stronger central government.
• C) the American Revolution and the political separation of the colonies and Great Britain.
• D) the development of distinct political parties.

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