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Immediately after the Declaration, Congress drafted the [[Articles of Confederation]]. It went into effect in 1777 but was not finally ratified in 1781. It was replaced by the much more powerful [[Constitution]] in 1789.
Immediately after the Declaration, Congress drafted the [[Articles of Confederation]]. It went into effect in 1777 but was not finally ratified in 1781. It was replaced by the much more powerful [[Constitution]] in 1789.
===National capital moves around===
The British advance on Philadelphia compelled Congress in mid-December 1776, to flee to Baltimore. When the British pulled out it returned to Philadelphia in March 1777. In September, Congress was again forced out, going to Lancaster and then York, Pennsylvania, where it remained until the British left Philadelphia in June 1778. In June 1783, Congress left Philadelphia because of the mutiny of Pennsylvania militia, this time going to Princeton, New Jersey, until Nov. 4, 1783, then to Annapolis, Maryland and in 1784 to Trenton, New Jersey. It moved to New York City in early, 1785, and remained until it closed its books in 1789.
[[Category:United States History]]
[[Category:United States History]]
[[Category:American Revolution]]
[[Category:American Revolution]]