American Minute with Bill Federer
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American Minute with Bill Federer
March !
What was the government in the United States before the U.S.
Constitution was written?
It was the Articles of Confederation, ratified by the States MARCH 1,
1781.
Signed by such statesmen as John Hancock and Samuel Adams, it was an
attempt to loosely knit the thirteen States together.
The Articles of Confederation declared:
"Whereas the delegates of the United States of America in Congress
assembled did on the fifteenth day of November in the Year of Our
Lord 1777, and in the second year of the independence of America
agree on certain Articles of Confederation and perpetual union
between the States...
The said states hereby severally enter into a firm league of
friendship with each other, for their common defense, the security of
their liberties, and their mutual and general welfare, binding
themselves to assist each other, against all force...or attacks made
upon them...on account of religion, sovereignty, trade, or any other
pretense."
The Articles end with the line:
"It has pleased the Great Governor of the World to incline the hearts
of the Legislatures we respectively represent in Congress, to approve
of and to authorize us to ratify the said Articles of Confederation."
Submitted on 2010-03-08 08:49:31
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