Congress of the Confederation

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former national legislature governing body unicameral legislature

The Congress of the Confederation was the unicameral governing body of the United States under the Articles of Confederation, overseeing national affairs between the Revolutionary War and the adoption of the U.S. Constitution.

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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form	Occurrences
Confederation Congress	9
United States Congress of the Confederation	2
government of the United States under the Articles of Confederation	2
Confederation government of the United States	1
Confederation period	1
Confederation period of the United States	1
Congress under the Articles of Confederation	1
Continental Congress	1

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former national legislature ⓘ governing body ⓘ unicameral legislature ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Congress of the Confederation ⓘ surface form: Confederation Congress Congress of the Confederation ⓘ surface form: Congress under the Articles of Confederation
appliesToJurisdiction	Thirteen Colonies ⓘ surface form: Thirteen States United States in Congress Assembled ⓘ
compositionMethod	delegates appointed by state legislatures ⓘ
constitutionalContext	operated under the Articles of Confederation ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dissolved	1789 ⓘ
endDate	1789-03-04 ⓘ
followedBy	United States Congress ⓘ
governmentType	unicameral ⓘ
headOfGovernmentTitle	President of the Continental Congress ⓘ President of the United States ⓘ surface form: President of the United States in Congress Assembled
historicalPeriod	Articles of Confederation ⓘ surface form: Confederation period post–American Revolutionary War period ⓘ
inception	1781 ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
language	English ⓘ
legalBasis	Articles of Confederation ⓘ
legislativePeriod	Confederation era ⓘ
limitation	depended on state requisitions for revenue ⓘ lacked power to levy taxes directly ⓘ lacked power to regulate interstate commerce ⓘ
locationOfMeetings	Annapolis ⓘ surface form: Annapolis, Maryland New York City ⓘ Philadelphia ⓘ Princeton, New Jersey, United States ⓘ surface form: Princeton, New Jersey Trenton, New Jersey ⓘ
mainOrganOf	United States government ⓘ surface form: Government of the United States under the Articles of Confederation
meetsIn	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
numberOfChambers	1 ⓘ
partOf	history of the United States federal government ⓘ
precededBy	Second Continental Congress ⓘ
reasonForReplacement	adoption of the United States Constitution ⓘ
replacedBy	First United States Congress ⓘ United States Congress ⓘ
replaces	Second Continental Congress ⓘ
role	authorized treaties ⓘ central governing authority ⓘ conducted diplomacy ⓘ coordinated war effort ⓘ managed war debt ⓘ national legislature ⓘ oversaw foreign affairs ⓘ oversaw military affairs ⓘ regulated western territories ⓘ
significantDocument	Land Ordinance of 1785 ⓘ Northwest Ordinance ⓘ Treaty of Paris (1783) ⓘ
significantEvent	management of Revolutionary War debt ⓘ negotiation of the Treaty of Paris 1783 ⓘ passage of the Land Ordinance of 1785 ⓘ passage of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 ⓘ ratification of the Articles of Confederation ⓘ
startDate	1781-03-01 ⓘ
votingSystem	one vote per state ⓘ

Referenced by (26)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Congress of the Confederation → alsoKnownAs → Congress of the Confederation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Confederation Congress

Congress of the Confederation → alsoKnownAs → Congress of the Confederation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Congress under the Articles of Confederation

United States in Congress Assembled → alsoKnownAs → Congress of the Confederation ⓘ

Arthur St. Clair → appointedBy → Congress of the Confederation ⓘ

Josiah Harmar → appointedBy → Congress of the Confederation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Confederation Congress

Territory Northwest of the River Ohio → createdBy → Congress of the Confederation ⓘ

Articles of Confederation → createdLegislativeBody → Congress of the Confederation ⓘ

Continental Navy → dissolvedBy → Congress of the Confederation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Confederation Congress

Old Northwest → establishedBy → Congress of the Confederation ⓘ

Second Continental Congress → followedBy → Congress of the Confederation ⓘ

First United States Congress → follows → Congress of the Confederation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Confederation Congress

United States in Congress Assembled → historicalEra → Congress of the Confederation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Confederation period

Land Ordinance of 1785 → legislativeBody → Congress of the Confederation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Confederation Congress

Northwest Ordinance → legislativeBody → Congress of the Confederation ⓘ

Robert R. Livingston → memberOf → Congress of the Confederation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Continental Congress

Roger Sherman → memberOf → Congress of the Confederation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Confederation Congress

Board of Treasury → operatedUnder → Congress of the Confederation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Confederation Congress

Board of Admiralty (Continental Congress) → partOf → Congress of the Confederation ⓘ

this entity surface form: government of the United States under the Articles of Confederation

Board of Treasury → partOf → Congress of the Confederation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Confederation government of the United States

Board of Treasury → partOf → Congress of the Confederation ⓘ

this entity surface form: government of the United States under the Articles of Confederation

Definitive Treaty of Peace → ratifiedBy → Congress of the Confederation ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Congress of the Confederation

Treaty of Paris (1783) → ratifiedBy → Congress of the Confederation ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Congress of the Confederation

United States Congress → replaced → Congress of the Confederation ⓘ

United States government → replaced → Congress of the Confederation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Confederation Congress

Board of Treasury → subordinateTo → Congress of the Confederation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Confederation Congress

Board of Treasury → timePeriod → Congress of the Confederation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Confederation period of the United States