1. Articles of Confederation
To keep unity, states were not allowed to negotiate peace, raise an army, wage war, make alliances, or conduct diplomacy with other states. ... It set up three federal branches of government to help separate the power. ... They unified the colonies, set up effective peace negotiations after the war, thorough the Land Ordinance of 1785 set up a policy for the use of western lands, through the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 set up the procedure for new states, and if nothing else they provided a temporary test government that provided enough structure for the nation to survive those eight years, wh...
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