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The Articles of Confederation was the first form of a governing document of the United States of America, being considered in fact the first constitution of the Union. The Articles of Confederation specified how the federal government would work, including adopting a name for the new nation, the United States of America.
The document was designed, drafted and written in the summer of 1776, being rewritten and improved several times, to be adopted by the Second Continental Congress on November 15, 1777, after more than a year of discussions. It practically served as a law of government used by the Continental Congress until it became de jure law after its final ratification date, March 1, 1781.
One of the biggest weaknesses of the Congress was the lack of two types of authorities necessary for any modern state, the judicial authority and the tax authority. A second major weakness was the one-state one-vote system. Thus, a larger contribution was expected from the larger states in the population, although they had only one vote.
