While guaranteeing sovereignty to individual states, the extremely weak initiative proved to be a danger to the nation as a democracy in the ascendant. Without a strong centralized government, the loosely bound union of states resulted in a multitude of problems that challenged the nation's legitimacy as a new and free state. Only Shay's rebellion revealed the country's inability to appease a legion of irritated debtors, made up of farmers. ** and also “source saying foreign threats were legitimate.” **Thus began the need for a new constitution. The adoption of a new constitution would prove difficult, despite the failure of general agreement on the Articles of Confederation. The Constitution was unduly contested by those who desired a weak central government, fearing that citizens' individual rights would be neglected. The fear of despotic government, whether by multiple hands or by one, has driven the recognition and guarantee of personal freedoms and rights. The Anti-Federalists feared that a republic would be born. However, Madison's Federalist Paper 10 makes clear the dangers of an overly democratic government favoring factions where the tyranny of the majority would arise. Before continuing it is necessary to make a distinction between democracy and republic