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What was the name of the document that set up the first independent government of the US?
The Articles of Confederation set up an independent government in the years before the Constitution was ratified.
What did the Articles of Confederation do?
Article of Confederation is a written document that states the functions of the national government of the United States. This was after it declared independence from Great Britain.
Why do you still refer to the Articles of Confederation if they have been abolished?
The United States of America were not united immediately after the Revolutionary war. The truth is the country was governed for about 12 years after the end of the war under a document called the Articles of Confederation. Its main point was that there was a weak central government and the states were gathered together as a Confederation which gave each state a major role in their own governance than the central government had. Although it did not work, and eventually the states ratified the Constitution of the United States in 1789, which made the central government strong, and the powers of the states were those not claimed by the central government in the Constitution. Some 70 years later when the 11 southern states tried to secede from the Union, it caused the American Civil War. These southern states again joined together in a Confederation trying to war against the Union. They claimed states rights which was the reason for forming the Confederate States of America, but after the end of the war they were brought back into the Union and were forced to relinquish states rights.
Who were the past governments of the US?
In the beginning the Articles of Confederation were the law of the land. But the government could not fund itself so the Constitution was drafted a number of years later. Also Mexico, France, and Britain all had stake and control of one part of the United States at some point.
What document is the 'final authority' in government?
The Articles of Confederation SHOULD be the final authority, tht is what I've heard, but im not positive, look it up in a U.S. History Text BookThat must be a really OLD history book. The US Constitution is the "final authority." (The Constitution replaced the Articles of Confederation more than 200 years ago.)
