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Maryland held out ratifying due to border disputes with neighboring states.

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Q: Why did it take so long to ratify the articles of confederation?
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Where did the signing of the articles of confederation take place?

the articles of confederation was signed in Maryland


How long did it take for articles of confederation to be excepted by states?

7 months


What year did the articles of confederation take affect?

1781-1789


What the articles of confederation was an agreement made by the pilgrims to take part in?

The pilgrims had nothing to do with the Article of confederation. They established a colony in 1620. The Articles of confederation were AFTER the revolution in 1776. There is over a hundred years difference.


How did the articles of confederation take an important step towards the American government?

The articles of confederation was an important step because it was he first constitution of the United States of America.


Where did the convention to revise the Articles of Confederation take place?

King, and a Congress


What year did the Articles of Confederation take effect?

The Articles of Confederation were adopted by Congress on November 15, 1777. They were in effect for less than a decade as the current Constitution was ratified on March 4, 1789.


The states legislators decided that a meeting to fix the Articles of Confederation should take place in?

Philadelphia


Example of ratification?

An example of Ratification (Formal Approval) is the Articles of Confederation in 1781. They needed to have 13 states to ratify the new government that would take place in the us.


What was the most pressing challenge facing the United States of America during the articles of confederation period?

during the articles of confederation period the most pressing challenge was that people had no homes. people were homeless and nobody would hardly ever take them into their own homes.


What was accomplished at the Constitutional Convention in 1787?

The Articles of Confederation were revised, said to be too large to take in and was unusable to salvage, and the U.S Constitution was written.


Why did the confederation congress call for the constitution convention?

Congress could feel that the Articles of Confederation were not working for the people of the United States, so they called a Constitutional Convention to revise the Articles to alleviate some of these problems and better unite the country through legal means. Once the delegates had convened, however, it became clear that the Articles of Confederation were never going to work for the United States, and the Constitution was written to take their place.