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A Hypertext version of the United States' Articles of Confederation ...

The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union Appearing in a book entitled The Constitutions of the Several Independent States of America, printed in London, 1783. Before the Constitution....there was The Articles of Confederation-- in effect, the first constitution of the United States. Drafted in 1777 by the same Continental Congress that passed the Declaration of Independence, the ...

The Avalon Project at Yale Law School The Articles of Confederation of the United Colonies of New England; May 19, 1643 The Articles of Confederation between the Plantations under the Government of the Massachusetts, the Plantations under the Government of New Plymouth, the Plantations under the Government of Connecticut, and the Government of New Haven with the Plantations in Combination ...