articles of confederation

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(Politika, Siyaset) konfederasyon maddeleri
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preliminary constitution of the United States in effect between 1781-1789 (replaced by the current U.S. Constitution in 1789)
an agreement made in 1781 by the 13 original colonies of the US, which established a government for the US, and which was used as the basic law of the country until the Constitution of the United States was written and agreed in 1789. Early U.S. constitution (1781-89) under the government by the Continental Congress, replaced in 1787 by the U.S. Constitution. It provided for a confederation of sovereign states and gave the Congress power to regulate foreign affairs, war, and the postal service, to control Indian affairs, and to borrow money. Under the Articles, Congress settled state claims to western lands and established the Northwest Ordinances. But Congress had no power to enforce its requests to the states for money or troops, and by late 1786 the government had ceased to be effective, as was demonstrated by Shays's Rebellion (1786-87) against courts that had been enforcing seizures of property for debt. Delegates to the Annapolis Convention called a meeting of all the states to amend the Articles
a written agreement ratified in 1781 by the thirteen original states; it provided a legal symbol of their union by gave the central government no coercive power over the states or their citizens
articles of confederation

    Hyphenation

    articles of con·fed·e·ra·tion

    Turkish pronunciation

    ärtıkılz ıv kınfedıreyşın

    Pronunciation

    /ˈärtəkəlz əv kənˌfedərˈāsʜən/ /ˈɑːrtəkəlz əv kənˌfɛdɜrˈeɪʃən/
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