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==Weaknesses and Failures==
 
==Weaknesses and Failures==
 
Though the Articles did have two early successes, its weaknesses were far greater. It established no [[executive]] to enforce laws, no [[army]] or [[navy]], no [[judiciary]], no national [[currency]], could not regulate [[trade]], no way to collect [[taxes]], and [[foreign policy]] was impossible. At the [[Mount Vernon Conference]] in 1785, [[George Washington]] called together elite statesmen (including [[Alexander Hamilton]], [[James Madison]], and [[George Mason]]) to discuss the Articles. At the Conference, they decided they were a failure and needed to be rewritten, calling for an [[Annapolis Convention]] the next year. At the Convention, only five states sent delegates. They proposed to meet in [[Philadelphia]] the next year.
 
Though the Articles did have two early successes, its weaknesses were far greater. It established no [[executive]] to enforce laws, no [[army]] or [[navy]], no [[judiciary]], no national [[currency]], could not regulate [[trade]], no way to collect [[taxes]], and [[foreign policy]] was impossible. At the [[Mount Vernon Conference]] in 1785, [[George Washington]] called together elite statesmen (including [[Alexander Hamilton]], [[James Madison]], and [[George Mason]]) to discuss the Articles. At the Conference, they decided they were a failure and needed to be rewritten, calling for an [[Annapolis Convention]] the next year. At the Convention, only five states sent delegates. They proposed to meet in [[Philadelphia]] the next year.
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==fourteen men that served alongside george washington==
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First United American Republic: United Colonies of North America: 13 British Colonies United in Congress was founded by 12 colonies on September 5th, 1774 (Georgia joined in 1775)  and governed through a British Colonial Continental Congress.  Peyton Randolph and George Washington served, respectively, as the Republic's first President and Commander-in-Chief;
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Second United American Republic: The United States of America: 13 Independent States United in Congress was founded by 12 states on July 2nd, 1776 (New York abstained until July 8th), and governed through the United States Continental Congress. John Hancock and George Washington served, respectively, as the Republic's first President and Commander-in-Chief;
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Third United American Republic
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Third United American Republic: The United States of America: A Perpetual Union was founded by 13 States on March 1st, 1781, with the enactment of the first U.S. Constitution, the Articles of Confederation, and governed through the United States in Congress Assembled.  Samuel Huntington and George Washington served, respectively, as the Republic's first President and Commander-in-Chief;
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Fourth United American Republic: The United States of America: We the People  was formed by 11 states on March 4th, 1789 (North Carolina and Rhode Island joined in November 1789 and May 1790, respectively), with the enactment of the U.S. Constitution of 1787. The fourth and current United States Republic governs through  the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate in Congress Assembled, the U.S. President and Commander-in-Chief, and the U.S. Supreme Court.  George Washington served as the Republic's first President and Commander-in-Chief.
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there were actually 14 men that served alongside george washington people think george washington was not the first president of the usa he always was
    
==Signers==
 
==Signers==

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