MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
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Question
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2-7 from each state
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1-2 from each state
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5-9 from each state
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1 from each state
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Detailed explanation-1: -Article 5: Creates the Congress of the Confederation . Each state gets one vote in the congress and can send between 2 and 7 people to participate in the congress.
Detailed explanation-2: -States can send between two and seven delegates to Congress. A delegate cannot serve for more than three years in every six-year period.
Detailed explanation-3: -A convention of delegates from all the states except Rhode Island met in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in May of 1787.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Articles of Confederation also outlined a Congress with representation not based on population – each state would have one vote in Congress. Ratification by all 13 states was necessary to set the Confederation into motion.