MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
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Detailed explanation-1: -John Dickinson, a delegate from Delaware, was the principal writer. The Dickinson Draft of the Articles of Confederation named the confederation “the United States of America.” After considerable debate and revision, the Second Continental Congress adopted the Articles of Confederation on November 15, 1777.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Articles of Confederation served as the written document that established the functions of the national government of the United States after it declared independence from Great Britain.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Articles of Confederation created a Nation that was “a league of friendship and perpetual union, ” but it was the state governments that had most of the power under the Articles, with little power given to the central government.
Detailed explanation-4: -Each State retains its sovereignty, freedom and independence, and every power, jurisdiction, and right which is not by this confederation expressly delegated to the united states in Congress assembled.