One thing the Confederation Congress did to strengthen the U.S. was pass the Land Ordinance of 1785. The Congress of the Confederation was created in 1781.
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The United States was originally founded as a Confederation, under the Articles of Confederation.The Confederation granted ultimate sovereignty to the states, whereas the federal government was very weak, leading the states into constant turmoil and, occasionally, war.Realizing the problem, Congress, which at this time was the only government entity, abolished the Articles of Confederation and created the United States Constitution.The United States Constitution establishes the United States as a Federal Republic and is still the legal document of today.
The Articles of Confederation was the early U.S. constitution (1781 - 89) under the government by the Continental Congress, replaced in 1787 by the United States Constitution. It provided for a confederation of sovereign states and gave the Congress power to regulate foreign affairs, war, and the postal service, to control Indian affairs, and to borrow money.
the First national government of the united states was the Articles of Confederation Actually the first National Government of the United States was the Second Continental Congress which governed during the Revolutionary War. The Articles were the first written gov't of the US.
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