Articles of Confederation

Who wrote the Articles of Confederation?

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Altogether, six drafts of the Articles were
prepared before Congress settled on a final
version in 1777.

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Benjamin Franklin wrote the first and
presented it to Congress in July 1775.

What was the Articles of Confederation?

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The Articles of Confederation was an
agreement among the 13 original states of the
United States of America that served as its first
constitution.

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(Our first constitution, inspired by Hiawatha!)

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Constitution - “a group of important ideas/rules
which an organization agrees to be governed
(ruled) under”

When was the document ratified by the colonies?

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In order for the Articles to be official, they had to
be approved by all thirteen states.

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The Congress sent the articles to the states to
be ratified near the end of 1777.

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Ratified - signed or made official

Where was the Articles of Confederation drafted?

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The Articles of Confederation was an
agreement among the 13 original states of the
United States of America that served as its first
constitution.

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It was approved, after much debate between
July 1776 and November 1777.

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Drafted and ratified by the 2nd Continental
Congress in Pennsylvania

Why did the colonies write the Articles of Confederation?

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The colonies knew they needed some form of
official government that united the thirteen
colonies.

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They wanted to have written down rules that
all the states agreed to.