Articles of Confederation

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former constitution foundational legal document treaty

The Articles of Confederation were the first constitution of the United States, creating a loose confederation of sovereign states with a weak central government prior to the adoption of the U.S. Constitution.

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All labels observed (14)

Label Occurrences
Articles of Confederation canonical 54
Adoption of the Articles of Confederation 3
Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former constitution ⓘ
foundational legal document ⓘ
treaty ⓘ
adoptedBy Second Continental Congress ⓘ
amendmentRequirement unanimous consent of the states ⓘ
appliedToPoliticalEntity United States in Congress Assembled ⓘ
approvedByCongressOn 1777-11-15 ⓘ
cameIntoForceOn 1781-03-01 ⓘ
coinagePower granted to Congress ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
createdGovernmentType weak central government ⓘ
createdLegislativeBody Congress of the Confederation ⓘ
draftCompletedOn 1777-11-15 ⓘ
draftedBy Second Continental Congress ⓘ
enabledLegislation Northwest Ordinance ⓘ
surface form: Northwest Ordinance of 1787
executiveBranch none ⓘ
foreignAffairsPower granted to Congress ⓘ
fullTitleIncludes Perpetual Union ⓘ
governmentFormCreated confederation ⓘ
historicalPeriod American Revolutionary era ⓘ
influenced Constitutional Convention ⓘ
surface form: Constitutional Convention of 1787
influencedBy colonial charters ⓘ
state constitutions ⓘ
inForceDuringEvent American Revolutionary War ⓘ
surface form: American Revolutionary War (late phase)

Northwest Ordinance ⓘ
surface form: Northwest Ordinance era
judicialBranch no national judiciary ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalStatus superseded ⓘ
locationOfCongress New York City ⓘ
Philadelphia ⓘ
numberOfArticles 13 ⓘ
primaryAuthor John Dickinson ⓘ
ratifiedOn 1781-03-01 ⓘ
reasonForReplacement ineffective central authority ⓘ
recognizedIndependenceOf individual states ⓘ
revenueMechanism state requisitions ⓘ
stateSovereignty affirmed ⓘ
supersededBy United States Constitution ⓘ
surface form: Constitution of the United States
supersededOn 1789-03-04 ⓘ
taxationPowerOfCongress none ⓘ
title Articles of Confederation self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union
treatyPower granted to Congress ⓘ
votingRuleInCongress one vote per state ⓘ
warPower granted to Congress ⓘ
weakness lack of power to regulate interstate commerce ⓘ
lack of power to tax ⓘ
no national judiciary ⓘ
no separate executive branch ⓘ
requirement of unanimous consent for amendments ⓘ

Referenced by (71)

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

United States government → foundationDocument → Articles of Confederation ⓘ
United States Constitution → superseded → Articles of Confederation ⓘ
John Hancock → signatoryTo → Articles of Confederation ⓘ
American Revolutionary War → significantEvent → Articles of Confederation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Adoption of the Articles of Confederation
American Declaration of Independence → relatedDocument → Articles of Confederation ⓘ
subject surface form: United States Declaration of Independence
Privileges and Immunities Clause → historicalSource → Articles of Confederation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Articles of Confederation comity provisions
520 Chestnut Street → associatedWithDocument → Articles of Confederation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Articles of Confederation (ratification events)
Framers of the United States Constitution → legalPredecessorDocument → Articles of Confederation ⓘ
United States constitutional history → includesTopic → Articles of Confederation ⓘ
Congress of the Confederation → legalBasis → Articles of Confederation ⓘ
Congress of the Confederation → historicalPeriod → Articles of Confederation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Confederation period
Articles of Confederation → title → Articles of Confederation self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union
The Federalist Papers → relatedTo → Articles of Confederation ⓘ
Board of Treasury → legalBasis → Articles of Confederation ⓘ
Article VII → influencedBy → Articles of Confederation ⓘ
subject surface form: Article VII of the United States Constitution
Early Republic of the United States → follows → Articles of Confederation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Confederation period of the United States
Samuel Huntington → significantEvent → Articles of Confederation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Adoption of the Articles of Confederation
Samuel Adams → notableWork → Articles of Confederation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Articles of Confederation (advocacy and contribution)
First United States Congress → precededByLegalFramework → Articles of Confederation ⓘ
Charles Carroll of Carrollton → signatoryOf → Articles of Confederation ⓘ
John Dickinson → signatoryTo → Articles of Confederation ⓘ
Patriots → supportedDocument → Articles of Confederation ⓘ
Washington administration → precededBy → Articles of Confederation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Articles of Confederation era
Thomas McKean → signatoryTo → Articles of Confederation ⓘ
John Hanson → significantEvent → Articles of Confederation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Adoption of the Articles of Confederation
Robert Morris → signed → Articles of Confederation ⓘ
Northwest Ordinance → ratifiedUnder → Articles of Confederation ⓘ
New England Confederation → foundingDocument → Articles of Confederation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Articles of Confederation of the United Colonies of New England
Restrictions on the Authority of the Several States → cites → Articles of Confederation ⓘ
Restrictions on the Authority of the Several States → comparesWith → Articles of Confederation ⓘ
The Federalist No. 39 → mentions → Articles of Confederation ⓘ
The Federalist No. 39 → comparesWith → Articles of Confederation ⓘ
United States in Congress Assembled → legalBasis → Articles of Confederation ⓘ
John Rutledge → signatoryTo → Articles of Confederation ⓘ
Elbridge Gerry → signature → Articles of Confederation ⓘ
Land Ordinance of 1785 → governedBy → Articles of Confederation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Articles of Confederation government
Perpetual Union → associatedWithDocument → Articles of Confederation ⓘ
Perpetual Union → fullTitleContext → Articles of Confederation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union
Extradition Clause → influencedBy → Articles of Confederation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Articles of Confederation extradition provisions
American Revolutionary era → significantEvent → Articles of Confederation ⓘ
New Jersey Plan → retainedFeatureOf → Articles of Confederation ⓘ
Federalist No. 40 → mainSubject → Articles of Confederation ⓘ
Federalist No. 40 → relatedTo → Articles of Confederation ⓘ
Oliver Wolcott Sr. → signatoryTo → Articles of Confederation ⓘ
Francis Lightfoot Lee → signed → Articles of Confederation ⓘ
Annapolis Convention of 1786 → legalBasis → Articles of Confederation ⓘ
Dickinson → signatoryTo → Articles of Confederation ⓘ
subject surface form: John Dickinson
President of Pennsylvania → signed → Articles of Confederation ⓘ
subject surface form: John Dickinson
Philadelphia Convention → replaced → Articles of Confederation ⓘ
Philadelphia Convention → influencedBy → Articles of Confederation ⓘ