The weaknesses in the central government under the Articles of Confederation exposed by Shays' Rebellion directly contributed to the 1-development of a neutrality policy
2-signing the Declaration of Independence
3-creation of the United States Constitution
4-approval of the Northwest Ordinance

1) The government sold its own land to citizens to privatize their resources.

2) They had no power to tax which led to them not being able to pay debts & the unfair treatment towards farmers caused an uprising war.

3) Trading was difficult, had no power to tax, no power to solve disputes between states.

5) Yes, because the articles of confederation exposed that Congress couldn't form a military/draft because the government didn't have any money due to the fact they couldn't tax citizens.