What did Shays' Rebellion of 1786 worry nationalists about?

That the union was too fragile.

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  1. That the army was too large
  2. That the union was too fragile ✔
  3. That taxes were too low

Why: Nationalists worried the confederate union was too fragile to withstand internal revolts like Shays' Rebellion.

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Answer: That the union was too fragile. Nationalists worried the confederate union was too fragile to withstand internal revolts like Shays' Rebellion.

  1. History of the United States en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_United_States
    too fragile to withstand an armed conflict with any adversarial states, or even internal revolts
    Checked 2026-11-07.

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