Articles of Confederation

Daniel Shays (Shays's Rebellion)

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Shay's Rebellion was the rebellion in Massachusetts that made the leaders of the country begin to seriously question the effectiveness of the articles of confederation.

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Drafted during the years 1776 and 1777, while the colonists were still fighting for independence, the Articles of Confederation created a weak national government with most of the governmental powers retained by the states. The Articles provided no separation of branches. There was no president or any other independent executive, nor was there a federal judicial branch. Congress, the legislature, was the only branch of government. Laws required unanimous votes. Members elected to congress did not vote as individuals, but as states. While congress did have some powers, it could not enforce its laws on the states or the people. States were permitted to coin their own money. There was no regulation of commerce between the states and states could even enter into treaties with foreign nations and declare war, “with the consent of Congress.” Congress could not tax the states or the people, it could only request funds to run the government.

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New Brunswick has little say in confederation but they would have no say at all if they had not joined or if they left.

The Articles of Confederation was hastily drawn, and gave the country a skeletal government framework that lacked the authority to levy and raise taxes. The Revolutionary War produced a considerable War debt that needed to be paid, and clearer definitions of state and federal powers needed to be set in place. The Constitutional Convention was called to alter the Articles to provide for these additions. However, Alexander Hamilton and James Madison persuaded the attendees to draft and new document.

If you will do a Google search for "Abraham Baldwin" you will find a number of biographical essays which describe his contributions to the Constitutional Convention. Michael Montagne

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with all the problems and all. the main problem was the government back in the old time! THATS WHAT IT SAYS IN MY TEXTBOOK!

The cost of 12 articles with 3p each would be 36p. The cost of 12 articles with 5p each would be 60p. The difference in "p" would be 34p.

Yes: The Articles of Confederation were (XIII) witnessed "in the Year of our Lord" 1778, the "Third Year of the independence of America" and "agreed to by Congress ...1777 ...ratification ...March 1781." The American War of Independence (4/19/1775 – 9/3/1783) was raging on; the First Congress of the United States would not meet and make the Constitution and Bill of Rights effective until March 4, 1789. The Articles were written by the Continental Congress, when Samuel Huntington was its 7th president. The Articles by the "Delegates of the States (former 13 colonies of Great Britain)" stated that the States would "III. ...enter into a firm league of friendship ...for their mutual and general welfare, binding themselves to assist each other, against all force offered to, or attacks made upon them, or any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade or any other pretense whatever." The freedom of religion (Christian religion) was as important to the Articles here, as they are in the Bill of Rights; it was no less significant than the "sovereignty" of the Union itself. Many colonists and their relatives had faced religious persecution in Europe or America, many Catholic and Protestants in America faced discrimination. ALL of the constitutions of the individual former colonies (most 1776 or 1777) protected this right. The "Declarations and Resolves (1774) of the First Continental Congress states that "the foundation of English liberty, and of all free government, is a right in the people to participate in their legislative council..." and "that their religion, laws and liberties, may not be subverted" and that "they are entitled to life, liberty and property," Not only was "freedom of religion" an important reason of the Articles, but many States went further, such as the Constitution of Massachusetts (1780), Art. II. "It is the right as well as duty of all men in society, publicly and at the stated seasons, to worship the Supreme Being, the great Creator and Preserver of the universe. And no subject shall be hurt... or restrained, in his person, liberty, or estate, for worshipping God in the manner and season most agreeable to the dictates of his own conscience, or for his religious profession or sentiments, provided he doth not disturb the public peace or obstruct others in their religious worship."

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Here is a list of the signers of the Articles of Confederation and which states they were from. * New Hampshire: Josiah Bartlett and John Wentworth Jr. * Massachusetts Bay: John Hancock, Samuel Adams, Elbridge Gerry, Francis Dana, James Lovell, and Samuel Holten * Rhode Island and Providence Plantations: William Ellery, Henry Marchant, and John Collins * Connecticut: Roger Sherman¹, Samuel Huntington, Oliver Wolcott, Titus Hosmer, and Andrew Adams * New York: James Duane, Francis Lewis, William Duer, and Gouverneur Morris * New Jersey: John Witherspoon and Nathaniel Scudder * Pennsylvania: Robert Morris², Daniel Roberdeau, Jonathan Bayard Smith, William Clingan, and Joseph Reed * Delaware: Thomas McKean, John Dickinson³, and Nicholas Van Dyke * Maryland: John Hanson and Daniel Carroll³ * Virginia: Richard Henry Lee, John Banister, Thomas Adams, John Harvie, and Francis Lightfoot Lee * North Carolina: John Penn, Cornelius Harnett, and John Williams * South Carolina: Henry Laurens, William Henry Drayton, John Mathews, Richard Hutson, and Thomas Heyward Jr. * Georgia: John Walton, Edward Telfair, and Edward Langworthy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Articles_of_confederation)

George Brown was a key figure in the Confederation of Canada, which was formally established at the Charlottetown Conference in 1864. He was a prominent advocate for the union of the British North American colonies, believing it would strengthen their political and economic stability. The movement ultimately led to the Confederation of Canada on July 1, 1867, when the Dominion of Canada was created, uniting Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia. Brown's contributions significantly shaped the discussions and negotiations that led to this historic event.

each state was granted 2 votes

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The powers that they weren't given were :

1) They could not tax

2) Could not control or interfere with trade between individual states

Senegambia Confederation ended in 1989.

On June 21,1788, the Articles of Confederation was replaced by the Constitution of the United States.

Actually it was 1787

A government with legislative and judicial branches.