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Which Articles? Non-US reader here.
by anticensor 8y ago
Which Articles? Non-US reader here.
- OscarCunningham 8y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Articles_of_Confederation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Articles_of_Confederation
- azernik 8y agoFor more than a Wikipedia link: The War of American Independence was fought by use of voluntary contributions from the individual states, which were more or less sovereign. From around 1781, this arrangement functioned under a loose confederation with similar or lesser power to the modern EU; its constitution was called the Articles of Confederation. It took until 1788/9 for the current Constitution to be adopted, after the Articles proved unable to cope with: 1. Payment of wartime debt, since the states' contributions to the federal budget were entirely voluntary. 2. Security threats, such as the looming British, or an unpaid veterans' (see point 1) rebellion in Massachusetts. 3. Foreign policy obligations, as the confederation couldn't enforce the terms of the 1783 peace treaty on the states.