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.
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.
All 13 states had to ratify the US Constitution for it to take effect.
The Virginians were loath to leave the protection of the British who had hundreds of years of experience in government, trade and warfare. It was only when they realised that the alternative was to side with the traitorous French who had only helped the Americans to get at their sworn enemies The British (as opposed to any real concern for the colonists) that they decided to reluctantly sign the constitution
Article VII of the US Constitution required 9 states to ratify it before it became effective.
the articles of confederation was signed in Maryland
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1781-1789
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.
The articles of confederation was an important step because it was he first constitution of the United States of America.
King, and a Congress
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.