"the accounts which are published of the commotions . . exhibit a melancholy proof of what our trans-Atlantic foe has predicted; and of

another thing perhaps, which is still more to be regretted, and is yet

more unaccountable, that mankind when left to themselves are unfit for

their own Government. I am mortified beyond expression when I view the

clouds that have spread over the brightest morn that ever dawned upon

any Country. . . To be more exposed in the eyes of the world, and more

contemptible than we already are, is hardly possible." [1786]

2. All are true of the event described in this source EXCEPT:

A) It was written in response to Shays' Rebellion

B) It led colonists to fear the tyranny of a strong government

C) It showed the economic problems after the Revolution

D) It led to the convocation of the Constitutional Convention