MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
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States were dependent on each other.
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States were relatively independent.
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States were stronger than local government.
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States were weaker than the national government.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Why is the first national government of the United States called a confederation? Because the states were relatively independent. Why did each state have to write a new constitution early in the American Revolution? With independence, the old colonial charters would no longer apply.
Detailed explanation-2: -The United States of America was a confederation before it became a federation with the ratification of the current U.S. constitution in 1788.
Detailed explanation-3: -A confederation (also known as a confederacy or league) is a union of sovereign groups or states united for purposes of common action.
Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -Despite a weak central government under the Articles of Confederation, the national government was responsible for a number of important achievements. It successfully waged the war for independence against Great Britain. It negotiated the peace treaty, known as the Treaty of Paris, to end the American Revolution.