Congress of the Confederation
GPTKB entity
Properties (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
government body
|
| gptkbp:can_be |
appoint military officers
establish a postal service make treaties with foreign nations request funds from states |
| gptkbp:challenges |
gptkb:Shays'_Rebellion
economic instability lack of central authority interstate disputes |
| gptkbp:composedOf |
delegates from each state
|
| gptkbp:createdBy |
Articles of Confederation
|
| gptkbp:dissolved |
1789
|
| gptkbp:enactedBy |
Articles of Confederation
|
| gptkbp:established |
1781
coordinate_the_war_effort_against_Britain |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Congress of the Confederation
|
| gptkbp:location |
gptkb:United_States
|
| gptkbp:meets |
gptkb:Annapolis
gptkb:Hartford gptkb:Boston gptkb:New_York_City gptkb:Philadelphia gptkb:York,_Pennsylvania gptkb:Poughkeepsie gptkb:Baltimore Trenton |
| gptkbp:numberOfMembers |
13
|
| gptkbp:powers |
levy taxes
enforce laws issue currency raise troops regulate_interstate_commerce |
| gptkbp:precededBy |
gptkb:Second_Continental_Congress
|
| gptkbp:president |
gptkb:Arthur_St._Clair
gptkb:John_Hanson |
| gptkbp:responsibleFor |
conducting foreign affairs
ratifying treaties settling disputes between states creating a national currency regulating trade establishing a system of land distribution managing war efforts managing_relations_with_Native_Americans |
| gptkbp:saw_the_rise_of |
gptkb:United_States_Constitution
|
| gptkbp:succeededBy |
gptkb:United_States_Congress
|
| gptkbp:type |
legislative body
|
| gptkbp:was_a_response_to |
weaknesses_of_the_Articles_of_Confederation
|