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the Articles of Confederation
- Articles 1-2 : State Sovereignty. By signing the document, the delegates of each state agree to the form of
government described in the Articles of Confederation and therefore commit their state to the permanent
union of states that will be called the United States. The form of government created by this document is
called a confederacy, or a loose organization of independent states. Each state will maintain sovereignty,
which means that the state maintains the power to run its own affairs. Any rights, privileges and powers that
are not specifically given to the Congress by the Articles of Confederation are maintained by the state
- Articles 3-4 : Interstate Relations. Each of the thirteen states
that make up the United States commit to a firm "friendship" with
each of the other states. They are united for the purposes of
defending themselves against military threats, protecting their
independence, and ensuring the general well being of all of the
states and good relationships between them.
- Article 5 : Representation in Congress. Each state can decide how it wants to select its
delegates, but it must do so once a year, prior to the annual meeting of Congress on the
first Monday of November. States can send between two and seven delegates to Congress.
A delegate cannot serve for more than three years in every six-year period. A delegate
cannot hold another position in the United States government for which he receives any
kind of payment or benefit, either directly or indirectly. Each state has one vote in Congress.
- Article 6 : Powers denied to states. States are denied certain powers under the Articles of Confederation.
States may not send ambassadors to foreign countries, receive foreign ambassadors, or make any kind of
arrangement, meeting or treaty with any king, prince or state. No person or state may accept any gift,
including titles of nobility, from a foreign state. Neither Congress nor any state can give people noble titles.
- Articles 7-8 : War Preparation. When raising an army to defend the United States, each state legislature has
the authority to name all colonels and lesser officers in any way they choose to lead the troops recruited from
that state. The common treasury will supply any money needed to pay for war or to defend the country, when
allowed by Congress. Each state has the responsibility of contributing to the common treasury based on the
relative value of all the land within that state. Congress will determine the method of surveying land and
estimating the total value per state. The taxes to support the common treasury will be made and collected by
each state legislature by a date decided by Congress.
- Articel 9 : Powers of Congress. Only Congress has the right to make peace and make war (except in those
cases described in Article 6), to send and receive ambassadors, and to make treaties and alliances with
foreign nations. Congress also has the exclusive right to give permission to private ships to attack enemy
ships, and to oversee trials related to crimes on the sea.
- Article 10 : The Committee of the States. When Congress is not in session, a committee called the
Committee of the States has the full authority to act in its place, and take on additional powers as necessary if
nine of the states agree. However, the Committee of the States can never adopt any powers that specifically
require the consent of nine states while Congress is in session.
- Article 11 : Canda. If Canada chooses to declare its independence and agrees to the terms of the Articles of
Confederation, it can join the union and become a fully sovereign state like the other thirteen states. This offer
does not include any other colony but Canada, unless nine states agree to extend this offer to another colony.
- Article 12 : Debts of Congress. The United States takes full financial responsibility for all the debts accrued
and money borrowed under the authority of the Second Continental Congress during the American
Revolution. The United States solemnly pledges to repay all these debts.
- Article 13 : Pledge of Perpetual Union. Each state must accept and agree to follow the decisions of the United
States in Congress assembled. The states must follow all of the rules as stated in the Articles of
Confederation. The union of states is meant to last forever. No alterations can be made to the Articles without
the agreement of Congress and the confirmation by each of the state legislatures.
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