Why Did Shays's Rebellion Enable Collective Action Among Those Who

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Multiple Choice

Why did Shays's Rebellion enable collective action among those who wanted to revise the Articles of Confederation?

• A)Shays was a charismatic political entrepreneur who was able to bring together several key opponents of the Articles.
• B)Shays demonstrated a new strategy to provide selective incentives to institutional reformers.
• C)The rebellion showed that the federal government was already strong enough to quell an uprising, which demonstrated that taking further steps toward a stronger central government was an attainable goal.
• D)Shays introduced key figures in western Massachusetts to the concept of civil disobedience, which in turn caught on with opponents of the Articles across the country.
• E)The rebellion provided politicians who were already convinced of the inadequacy of the Articles with the ammunition they needed to convince a broader public of their inadequacy.

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