MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
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First Continental Congress
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Confederation Congress
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The Annapolis Convention delegates
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Second Continental Congress
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Articles of Confederation were adopted by the Continental Congress on November 15, 1777.
Detailed explanation-2: -There were two main factions represented at the Congress: the conservatives-headed by John Jay of New York and John Dickinson of Pennsylvania-and the radicals, led by John Adams of Massachusetts and Thomas Jefferson of Virginia.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Continental Congress adopted the Articles of Confederation, the first constitution of the United States, on November 15, 1777. However, ratification of the Articles of Confederation by all thirteen states did not occur until March 1, 1781.
Detailed explanation-4: -They established a Continental army and elected George Washington as Commander-in-Chief, but the delegates also drafted the Olive Branch Petition and sent it to King George III in hopes of reaching a peaceful resolution.
Detailed explanation-5: -Drafted and adopted by the Congress in 1777 but not ratified until 1781, it effectively established the United States as a collection of 13 sovereign states, each of which had an equal voice in Congress (which became officially known as the Congress of the Confederation) regardless of population.