Congress of the Confederation

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The Congress of the Confederation was the unicameral governing body of the United States under the Articles of Confederation, overseeing national affairs between the Revolutionary War and the adoption of the U.S. Constitution.

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Generate an image of the Congress of the Confederation (The Congress of the Confederation was the unicameral governing body of the United States under the Articles of Confederation, overseeing national affairs between the Revolutionary War and the adoption of the U.S. Constitution.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former national legislature ⓘ
governing body ⓘ
unicameral legislature ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Confederation Congress ⓘ
Congress under the Articles of Confederation ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Thirteen States ⓘ
linked to: Thirteen Colonies

United States in Congress Assembled ⓘ
compositionMethod delegates appointed by state legislatures ⓘ
constitutionalContext operated under the Articles of Confederation ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dissolved 1789 ⓘ
endDate 1789-03-04 ⓘ
followedBy United States Congress ⓘ
governmentType unicameral ⓘ
headOfGovernmentTitle President of the Continental Congress ⓘ
President of the United States in Congress Assembled ⓘ
historicalPeriod Confederation period ⓘ
post–American Revolutionary War period ⓘ
inception 1781 ⓘ
jurisdiction United States ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalBasis Articles of Confederation ⓘ
legislativePeriod Confederation era ⓘ
limitation depended on state requisitions for revenue ⓘ
lacked power to levy taxes directly ⓘ
lacked power to regulate interstate commerce ⓘ
locationOfMeetings Annapolis, Maryland ⓘ
linked to: Annapolis

New York City ⓘ
Philadelphia ⓘ
Princeton, New Jersey ⓘ
Trenton, New Jersey ⓘ
mainOrganOf Government of the United States under the Articles of Confederation ⓘ
meetsIn United States ⓘ
numberOfChambers 1 ⓘ
partOf history of the United States federal government ⓘ
precededBy Second Continental Congress ⓘ
reasonForReplacement adoption of the United States Constitution ⓘ
replacedBy First United States Congress ⓘ
United States Congress ⓘ
replaces Second Continental Congress ⓘ
role authorized treaties ⓘ
central governing authority ⓘ
conducted diplomacy ⓘ
coordinated war effort ⓘ
managed war debt ⓘ
national legislature ⓘ
oversaw foreign affairs ⓘ
oversaw military affairs ⓘ
regulated western territories ⓘ
significantDocument Land Ordinance of 1785 ⓘ
Northwest Ordinance ⓘ
Treaty of Paris (1783) ⓘ
significantEvent management of Revolutionary War debt ⓘ
negotiation of the Treaty of Paris 1783 ⓘ
passage of the Land Ordinance of 1785 ⓘ
passage of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 ⓘ
ratification of the Articles of Confederation ⓘ
startDate 1781-03-01 ⓘ
votingSystem one vote per state ⓘ

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United States Congress → replaced → Congress of the Confederation ⓘ
United States government → replaced → Confederation Congress ⓘ
linked to: Congress of the Confederation
Second Continental Congress → followedBy → Congress of the Confederation ⓘ
Continental Navy → dissolvedBy → Confederation Congress ⓘ
linked to: Congress of the Confederation
Old Northwest → establishedBy → Congress of the Confederation ⓘ
Congress of the Confederation → alsoKnownAs → Confederation Congress ⓘ
linked to: Congress of the Confederation
Congress of the Confederation → alsoKnownAs → Congress under the Articles of Confederation ⓘ
linked to: Congress of the Confederation
Articles of Confederation → createdLegislativeBody → Congress of the Confederation ⓘ
Treaty of Paris (1783) → ratifiedBy → United States Congress of the Confederation ⓘ
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Board of Treasury → partOf → Confederation government of the United States ⓘ
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Board of Treasury → partOf → government of the United States under the Articles of Confederation ⓘ
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Board of Treasury → operatedUnder → Confederation Congress ⓘ
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Board of Treasury → subordinateTo → Confederation Congress ⓘ
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Board of Treasury → timePeriod → Confederation period of the United States ⓘ
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Roger Sherman → memberOf → Confederation Congress ⓘ
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Robert R. Livingston → memberOf → Continental Congress ⓘ
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First United States Congress → follows → Confederation Congress ⓘ
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Northwest Ordinance → legislativeBody → Congress of the Confederation ⓘ
Territory Northwest of the River Ohio → createdBy → Congress of the Confederation ⓘ
United States in Congress Assembled → historicalEra → Confederation period ⓘ
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United States in Congress Assembled → alsoKnownAs → Congress of the Confederation ⓘ
Board of Admiralty (Continental Congress) → partOf → government of the United States under the Articles of Confederation ⓘ
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Land Ordinance of 1785 → legislativeBody → Confederation Congress ⓘ
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Arthur St. Clair → appointedBy → Congress of the Confederation ⓘ
Josiah Harmar → appointedBy → Confederation Congress ⓘ
linked to: Congress of the Confederation
Definitive Treaty of Peace → ratifiedBy → United States Congress of the Confederation ⓘ
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William Grayson → wasMemberOf → Confederation Congress ⓘ
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Northwest Territory → establishedBy → Congress of the Confederation ⓘ
William Few → memberOf → Confederation Congress ⓘ
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Old Senate Chamber (Maryland State House) → associatedWith → Confederation Congress ⓘ
subject linked to: old Senate chamber
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official records of the Continental Congress → chronicles → Confederation Congress ⓘ
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Continental Congress → replacedBy → Congress of the Confederation ⓘ
Thomas Jefferson as U.S. minister to France → appointedBy → Confederation Congress ⓘ
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Superintendent of Finance of the United States → partOf → Confederation government of the United States ⓘ
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Article V (Northwest Ordinance) → legislativeBody → Congress of the Confederation ⓘ
subject linked to: Article V
Land Ordinance of 1784 → legislativeBody → Congress of the Confederation ⓘ
Land Ordinance of 1784 → governmentType → Confederation Congress ⓘ
linked to: Congress of the Confederation
Article II of the Northwest Ordinance → enactedBy → Congress of the Confederation of the United States ⓘ
subject linked to: Article II
linked to: Congress of the Confederation
Confederation period → legislativeBody → Confederation Congress ⓘ
linked to: Congress of the Confederation
Treaty of Fort Stanwix (1784) → governingBody → Congress of the Confederation ⓘ
Daniel Carroll → memberOf → Confederation Congress ⓘ
linked to: Congress of the Confederation
Nathan Dane → memberOf → Congress of the Confederation ⓘ
John Brown → servedIn → Confederation Congress ⓘ
linked to: Congress of the Confederation
Samuel Livermore → memberOf → Confederation Congress ⓘ
linked to: Congress of the Confederation
Great Seal of the United States → approvedBy → Congress of the Confederation ⓘ
subject linked to: Great Seal