Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Title
Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History
Publication Date
2009
Abstract
The Articles of Confederation were the formal charter of the government of the United States until they were superseded by the Constitution. As tensions with Great Britain grew during the third quarter of the eighteenth century, so did American interest in the creation of a confederation of the colonies. Such a confederation was viewed as a step toward independence. When on June 7, 1776, Richard Henry Lee proposed that the Second Continental Congress declare independence, he also moved "that a plan of confederation be prepared and transmitted to the respective Colonies for their consideration and approbation."
Recommended Citation
Eric M. Freedman,
Articles of Confederation Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History 223
(2009)
Available at: https://scholarlycommons.law.hofstra.edu/faculty_scholarship/657
Comments
By Permission of Oxford University Press
This chapter is from Oxford International encyclopedia of legal history edited by Stanley N. Katz.