Which statements about Shays’s Rebellion are true? Choose EXACTLY TWO answers that are correct.

A. It started because some state governments, including Massachusetts, taxed their citizens excessively in an attempt to raise funds to pay off large debts.

B. It began because despite fighting a war to win their freedom, many Americans still owned slaves and did not wish to grant their slaves the same freedom that they enjoyed.

C. It led many citizens to believe that a stronger national government—one that could be trusted to maintain law and order—had to be established.

D. It forced the early leaders of the United States to include an amendment to the Constitution that grants citizens the right to bear arms and defend themselves.