Insure Domestic Tranquility

Goal: One important goal that the delegates included in the Constitution of the United States is to “insure domestic tranquility”.

Intent: The meaning behind their goal is to make it possible for the national government to fulfill their responsibility of keeping people within the nation’s boundaries living in safety, peace, and order.

Historical Context: Daniel Shays’s rebellion is one of the many important events that led to the inclusion of this goal in the Constitution. Despite the fact that the Massachusetts militia was eventually able to end the farmers’ rebellion, it is apparent that the long process it took for the government to actually stop the rebellion, shows that both the national and state governments were weak in maintaining