5/20/2023 The Declaration of Independence and the United States Constit... by Founding FathersRead NowNone of the states made all of the payments requested of them some, such as Connecticut, made none. More bite was needed national unity was in short supply. This executive could make decisions but, with each decision requiring all 13 state legislatures to agree to them before they could become law, it was rather a toothless body. Compiled between mid-1776 and late 1777, and ratified over time by the 13 states, these articles actually bequeathed little authority to central government, as represented by the Continental Congress, a gathering of representatives from each of the former colonies. (Photo by GraphicaArtis/Getty Images)īefore the guns had fallen silent after the American War of Independence and a republic declared, the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union had been drawn up, effectively forming the newly minted United States’ first constitution. The Declaration of Independence is presented to the Continental Congress, as depicted by John Trumbull.
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