Articles of Confederation

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The Articles of Confederation were the first constitution of the United States, creating a loose confederation of sovereign states with a weak central government prior to the adoption of the U.S. Constitution.

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Generate an image of the Articles of Confederation (The Articles of Confederation were the first constitution of the United States, creating a loose confederation of sovereign states with a weak central government prior to the adoption of the U.S. Constitution.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former constitution ⓘ
foundational legal document ⓘ
treaty ⓘ
adoptedBy Second Continental Congress ⓘ
amendmentRequirement unanimous consent of the states ⓘ
appliedToPoliticalEntity United States in Congress Assembled ⓘ
approvedByCongressOn 1777-11-15 ⓘ
cameIntoForceOn 1781-03-01 ⓘ
coinagePower granted to Congress ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
createdGovernmentType weak central government ⓘ
createdLegislativeBody Congress of the Confederation ⓘ
draftCompletedOn 1777-11-15 ⓘ
draftedBy Second Continental Congress ⓘ
enabledLegislation Northwest Ordinance of 1787 ⓘ
linked to: Northwest Ordinance
executiveBranch none ⓘ
foreignAffairsPower granted to Congress ⓘ
fullTitleIncludes Perpetual Union ⓘ
governmentFormCreated confederation ⓘ
historicalPeriod American Revolutionary era ⓘ
influenced Constitutional Convention of 1787 ⓘ
influencedBy colonial charters ⓘ
state constitutions ⓘ
inForceDuringEvent American Revolutionary War (late phase) ⓘ
Northwest Ordinance era ⓘ
linked to: Northwest Ordinance
judicialBranch no national judiciary ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalStatus superseded ⓘ
locationOfCongress New York City ⓘ
Philadelphia ⓘ
numberOfArticles 13 ⓘ
primaryAuthor John Dickinson ⓘ
ratifiedOn 1781-03-01 ⓘ
reasonForReplacement ineffective central authority ⓘ
recognizedIndependenceOf individual states ⓘ
revenueMechanism state requisitions ⓘ
stateSovereignty affirmed ⓘ
supersededBy Constitution of the United States ⓘ
supersededOn 1789-03-04 ⓘ
taxationPowerOfCongress none ⓘ
title Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union ⓘ
treatyPower granted to Congress ⓘ
votingRuleInCongress one vote per state ⓘ
warPower granted to Congress ⓘ
weakness lack of power to regulate interstate commerce ⓘ
lack of power to tax ⓘ
no national judiciary ⓘ
no separate executive branch ⓘ
requirement of unanimous consent for amendments ⓘ

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United States government → foundationDocument → Articles of Confederation ⓘ
United States Constitution → superseded → Articles of Confederation ⓘ
John Hancock → signatoryTo → Articles of Confederation ⓘ
American Revolutionary War → significantEvent → Adoption of the Articles of Confederation ⓘ
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United States Declaration of Independence → relatedDocument → Articles of Confederation ⓘ
Privileges and Immunities Clause → historicalSource → Articles of Confederation comity provisions ⓘ
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520 Chestnut Street → associatedWithDocument → Articles of Confederation (ratification events) ⓘ
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United States constitutional history → includesTopic → Articles of Confederation ⓘ
Congress of the Confederation → legalBasis → Articles of Confederation ⓘ
Congress of the Confederation → historicalPeriod → Confederation period ⓘ
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Articles of Confederation → title → Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union ⓘ
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The Federalist Papers → relatedTo → Articles of Confederation ⓘ
Board of Treasury → legalBasis → Articles of Confederation ⓘ
Article VII of the United States Constitution → influencedBy → Articles of Confederation ⓘ
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Samuel Adams → notableWork → Articles of Confederation (advocacy and contribution) ⓘ
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Charles Carroll of Carrollton → signatoryOf → Articles of Confederation ⓘ
John Dickinson → signatoryTo → Articles of Confederation ⓘ
Patriots → supportedDocument → Articles of Confederation ⓘ
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Thomas McKean → signatoryTo → Articles of Confederation ⓘ
John Hanson → significantEvent → Adoption of the Articles of Confederation ⓘ
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Robert Morris → signed → Articles of Confederation ⓘ
Northwest Ordinance → ratifiedUnder → Articles of Confederation ⓘ
New England Confederation → foundingDocument → Articles of Confederation of the United Colonies of New England ⓘ
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The Federalist No. 39 → mentions → Articles of Confederation ⓘ
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United States in Congress Assembled → legalBasis → Articles of Confederation ⓘ
John Rutledge → signatoryTo → Articles of Confederation ⓘ
Elbridge Gerry → signature → Articles of Confederation ⓘ
Land Ordinance of 1785 → governedBy → Articles of Confederation government ⓘ
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Perpetual Union → associatedWithDocument → Articles of Confederation ⓘ
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Extradition Clause → influencedBy → Articles of Confederation extradition provisions ⓘ
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American Revolutionary era → significantEvent → Articles of Confederation ⓘ
New Jersey Plan → retainedFeatureOf → Articles of Confederation ⓘ
Federalist No. 40 → mainSubject → Articles of Confederation ⓘ
Federalist No. 40 → relatedTo → Articles of Confederation ⓘ
John Langdon → signatoryTo → Articles of Confederation ⓘ
Oliver Wolcott Sr. → signatoryTo → Articles of Confederation ⓘ
Francis Lightfoot Lee → signed → Articles of Confederation ⓘ
Annapolis Convention of 1786 → legalBasis → Articles of Confederation ⓘ
John Dickinson → signatoryTo → Articles of Confederation ⓘ
subject linked to: Dickinson
John Dickinson → signed → Articles of Confederation ⓘ
subject linked to: President of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Convention → replaced → Articles of Confederation ⓘ