Section 2: Short Essay Question 10 points
SEQ 1 Task: Read and analyze the following documents, applying your
social studies knowledge and skills to write a short essay of two or three
paragraphs in which you: (1) Describe the historical context surrounding
these documents and (2)Identify and explain the relationship between
the events and/or ideas found in these documents (Cause and Effect, or
Similarity/Difference, or Turning Point) *
Document 1: The document below is an excerpt from a letter written by Henry Knox describing Shays' Rebellion
The people who are the insurgents (rebels).. see the weakness of the government. They feel at once their own poverty,
compared with the opulent rich), and their own force, and they are determined to make up the latter, in order to remedy the
former...
This dreadful situation, for which our government has made no adequate provision arrangements), has alarmed every man of
principle and property in New England... What is to give us security against the violence of lawless men? Our government must
be braced strengthened, changed, or altered to secure our lives and property.
Source: Henry Knox, Oct 23, 1786, Letter to George Washington
Document 2
Preamble
We the People of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide
for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do
ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America
Article 1, Section 8
The Congress shall have Power
To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions
To provide for organizing, arming and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the
Article 2, Section 2
The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States,
when called into the actual Service of the United States.
Source: US Constitution, 1787