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    The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union was an agreement among the 13 states of the United States, formerly the Thirteen Colonies, that served...
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    States. Upon the ratification of the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union, which served as new first constitution of the U.S. in March 1781, the...
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    state delegation had one vote. The Congress was created by the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union upon its ratification in 1781, formally replacing...
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  • A confederation (also known as a confederacy or league) is a political union of sovereign states united for purposes of common action. Usually created...
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    1781, the United States ratified the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union and prevailed in the Battle of Yorktown, the last major land battle...
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    approved the Articles of Confederation for ratification by the individual states on November 15, 1777. The Articles of Confederation came into force on March...
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    United Colonies of New England, commonly known as the New England Confederation, was a confederal alliance of the New England colonies of Massachusetts...
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    a framework for how politics would be carried out. It was the Articles of Confederation that provided the necessary structure to the new nation during...
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    The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States. It superseded the Articles of Confederation, the nation's first constitution...
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    include those who signed the United States Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, the United States Constitution and others. In 1973...
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    Congress of the Confederation, which helped guide the new nation through the final stages of the Revolutionary War. Under the Articles, the Confederation Congress...
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    Perpetual Union (category Legal history of the United States)
    Perpetual Union is a feature of the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union, which established the United States of America as a political entity...
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    Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. The Articles of Confederation were ratified in 1781 to form the Congress of the Confederation. Under the leadership...
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    colony; each then joined the first Union of states between 1777 and 1781, upon ratifying the Articles of Confederation, the first U.S. constitution. Also during...
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  • for new state dictated that it would be subject to the Articles of Confederation and acts of Congress; would be subject to payment for federal debts;...
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    revise the league of states and first system of government under the Articles of Confederation, the intention from the outset of many of its proponents,...
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    Dissatisfied with the weak national government established by the Articles of Confederation, he helped organize the Constitutional Convention, which produced...
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    Anti-Federalism (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
    constitution, called the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union, gave state governments more authority. Led by Patrick Henry of Virginia, Anti-Federalists...
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  • government of the U.S. during most of the Revolutionary War. In March 1781, the nation's first Frame of Government, the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual...
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  • exhaustive list of confederations. Includes confederations of confederations. The Ancient Greeks formed many Leagues which often acted as confederations and alliances...
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    Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France...
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  • American confederation may refer to: United States of America (1781-1789), under the Articles of Confederation Confederate States of America (1861–1865)...
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    Secession in the United States (category Wikipedia articles in need of updating from June 2024)
    the Articles of Confederation was the same as seceding from the Articles government. In 1803, he wrote that the unanimous dissolution of the Articles Confederation...
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    Second Continental Congress (category History of the government of the United States)
    often called the Confederation Congress. During this period, it successfully managed the war effort, drafted the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual...
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  • Engagements Clause (category Article Six of the United States Constitution)
    the years when the Articles of Confederation served as the constitution of the United States continue to be valid after the Articles were superseded by...
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    Declaration of Independence, and each joined the first Union of states between 1777 and 1781, upon ratifying the Articles of Confederation. These states...
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    to become an articled clerk Articles of Confederation, the predecessor to the current United States Constitution Article of Impeachment, a formal document...
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    German Confederation was an association of 39 predominantly German-speaking sovereign states in Central Europe. It was created by the Congress of Vienna...
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    Shays's Rebellion (category History of Berkshire County, Massachusetts)
    federal government, severely limited in its prerogatives under the Articles of Confederation, found itself unable to finance troops to put down the rebellion;...
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    Confederated States of the Rhine, simply known as the Confederation of the Rhine or Rhine Confederation, was a confederation of German client states...
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