Why couldn’t the federal government act upon the high taxes Massachusetts had passed?

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Gerd Castan · Answer 1 · 2020-03-19T13:59:27+0000

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A tax protest by western Massachusetts farmers in 1786 and 1787 showed the central government couldn’t put down an internal rebellion. It had to rely on a state militia sponsored by private Boston business people.

Why couldn’t the federal government act upon the high taxes Massachusetts had passed?

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