Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Articles_of_Confederation_and_Perpetual_Union
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gptkb:historical_documents
gptkbp:adoptedBy gptkb:Second_Continental_Congress
November 15, 1777
gptkbp:archivedAt gptkb:National_Archives
gptkbp:author gptkb:John_Dickinson
gptkbp:category gptkb:Founding_Documents_of_the_United_States
gptkb:Legal_history_of_the_United_States
1777 documents
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:fullTitle gptkb:Articles_of_Confederation_and_Perpetual_Union
gptkbp:governedPeriod 1781–1789
gptkbp:governingBody gptkb:Congress_of_the_Confederation
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:influencedBy state constitutions
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:locationSigned gptkb:Philadelphia
gptkbp:numberOfArticles 13
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Continental_Congress
gptkbp:purpose establish a national government
gptkbp:ratifiedBy March 1, 1781
gptkbp:repealedBy June 21, 1788
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:shortName gptkb:Articles_of_Confederation
gptkbp:signatoryStates gptkb:Connecticut
gptkb:Delaware
gptkb:Georgia
gptkb:Maryland
gptkb:Massachusetts
gptkb:New_Hampshire
gptkb:New_Jersey
gptkb:New_York
gptkb:North_Carolina
gptkb:Pennsylvania
gptkb:Rhode_Island
gptkb:South_Carolina
gptkb:Virginia
gptkbp:significance first constitution of the United States
gptkbp:weakness no executive branch
no national judiciary
no power to tax
required unanimous consent for amendments
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