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  2. Perpetual Union - Wikipedia

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    The Perpetual Union is a feature of the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union, which established the United States of America as a political entity and, under later constitutional law, means that U.S. states are not permitted to withdraw from the Union.

  3. Articles of Confederation - Wikipedia

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    The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union was an agreement among the 13 states of the United States, formerly the Thirteen Colonies, that served as the nation's first frame of government. It was debated by the Second Continental Congress at Independence Hall in Philadelphia between July 1776 and November 1777, and finalized by the ...

  4. Congress of the Confederation - Wikipedia

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    On March 1, 1781, the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union were signed by delegates of Maryland at a meeting of the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia, which then declared the Articles ratified. As historian Edmund Burnett wrote, "There was no new organization of any kind, not even the election of a new President."

  5. Model Treaty - Wikipedia

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    The following day, the committee to draft a "Model Treaty" was formally established with five appointed members: Adams, John Dickinson, Benjamin Franklin, Benjamin Harrison, and Robert Morris." [ 6 ] As an early progenitor of the Model Treaty, Adams would ultimately be the primary drafter, [ 7 ] and the resulting document largely reflected his ...

  6. Confederation period - Wikipedia

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    The resulting constitution, which came to be known as the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union, provided for a weak central government with little power to coerce the state governments. [4] The first article of the new constitution established a name for the new federation – the United States of America.

  7. List of delegates to the Continental Congress - Wikipedia

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    Our union is perfect... being with one mind resolved to die freemen rather than to live slaves...". Signing of Declaration of Independence by Charles Édouard Armand-Dumaresq , c. 1873 Congress functioned as a de facto national government from the outset by establishing the Continental Army , directing strategy, and appointing diplomats.

  8. Committee of the States - Wikipedia

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    Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union Articles 5,9,10 A Committee of the States was an arm of the United States government under the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union . The committee consisted of one member from each state and was designed to carry out the functions of government while the Congress of the Confederation was ...

  9. Continental Congress - Wikipedia

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    The body adopted the Lee Resolution for Independence on July 2, 1776, and the Declaration of Independence two days later, on July 4, 1776, proclaiming that the former colonies were now independent sovereign states. The Second Continental Congress served as the provisional government of the U.S. during most of the Revolutionary War.