MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
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tax the states.
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conduct foreign relations.
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regulate trade between Virginia and Maryland.
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amend any articles they wanted to.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Articles of Confederation created a national government composed of a Congress, which had the power to declare war, appoint military officers, sign treaties, make alliances, appoint foreign ambassadors, and manage relations with Indians.
Detailed explanation-2: -No two or more States shall enter into any treaty, confederation, or alliance whatever between them, without consent of the United States in Congress assembled, specifying accurately the purposes for which the same is to be entered into, and how long it shall continue.
Detailed explanation-3: -Under the Articles of Confederation, Congress lacked the authority to regulate commerce, making it unable to protect or standardize trade between foreign nations and the various states.
Detailed explanation-4: -John Jay, originally appointed as Secretary of Foreign Affairs under the Articles of Confederation, continued at this post until 1790. As President, George Washington immediately appointed Thomas Jefferson, then Minister to France, to be the first Secretary of State. Jefferson began work on March 22, 1790.
Detailed explanation-5: -It established a weak central government that mostly, but not entirely, prevented the individual states from conducting their own foreign diplomacy.