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Articles of Confederation (view source)
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:It has pleased the [[God|Great Governor of the World]] to incline the hearts of the [[Legislature]]s we respectively represent in Congress, to approve of and to authorize us to [[ratify]] the said Articles of Confederation.
:It has pleased the [[God|Great Governor of the World]] to incline the hearts of the [[Legislature]]s we respectively represent in Congress, to approve of and to authorize us to [[ratify]] the said Articles of Confederation.
==Background==
The Articles of Confederation were primarily an agreement among States (it has virtually no references to the "[[people]]" in terms of political power), while the U.S. Constitution was primarily an agreement among people ("[[We the People]] ....")
The Articles of Confederation were primarily an agreement among States (it has virtually no references to the "[[people]]" in terms of political power), while the U.S. Constitution was primarily an agreement among people ("[[We the People]] ....")
After Independence was declared, one of the points of the [[Lee Resolution]] was that a "plan of confederation be prepared and transmitted".
To carry through on this, a group of drafters was assembled. The drafting committee of the ''Articles'' included [[Josiah Bartlett]], [[Samuel Adams]], [[Stephen Hopkins]], [[Robert Livingston]], [[John Dickinson]], [[Thomas McKean]], [[Thomas Stone]], [[Thomas Nelson, Jr.]], [[Joseph Hewes]], [[Edward Rutledge]], and [[Button Gwinnett]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=dISJoojLszUC&pg=PA71 Roger Sherman and the Creation of the American Republic]</ref>
==Strengths and Successes==
==Strengths and Successes==