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Bookmark or Share- Articles of Confederation (1777) | National ArchivesThe Articles of Confederation were adopted by the Continental Congress on November 15, 1777. This document served as the United States' first constitution. It was in force from March 1, 1781, until 1789 when the present-day Constitution went into effect.
- CONFEDERATION | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionarya group of countries, organizations, or people who have joined together for economic or political reasons: [ C ] a union confederation. politics & government.
- Canadian Confederation - WikipediaCanada is a federation, [4] rather than a confederate association of sovereign states, which is what confederation means in contemporary political theory. The country, though, is often considered to be among the world's more decentralized federations. [5]
- Articles of Confederation | Summary, Date, & Facts | BritannicaArticles of Confederation, first U.S. constitution (1781–89), which served as a bridge between the initial government by the Continental Congress of the Revolutionary period and the federal government provided under the U.S. Constitution of 1787. Learn more about the Articles of the Confederation in this article.
- Confederation | Definition, Examples, & Facts | Britannicaconfederation, primarily any league or union of people or bodies of people. The term in modern political use is generally confined to a permanent union of sovereign states for certain common purposes—e.g., the German Confederation established by the Congress of Vienna in 1815.
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