MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
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Detailed explanation-1: -Concerned with the accumulation of power in too few hands, the Articles did not establish an executive branch and they greatly circumscribed the role of courts. Even Congress had only those powers “expressly delegated” to it by the states.
Detailed explanation-2: -Article IX of the Articles of Confederation authorized Congress to appoint[ ] courts for the trial of piracies and felonies committed on the high seas; and establish[ ] courts; for receiving and determining finally appeals in all cases of captures.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Articles of Confederation were adopted by the Continental Congress on November 15, 1777. This document served as the United States’ first constitution. It was in force from March 1, 1781, until 1789 when the present-day Constitution went into effect.