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“On January 27, 1778, the -Articles of Confederation-, recently adopted by Congress, were debated here [Montague, Massachusetts]. It was 'voted to approve of the Articles, except the first clause,' giving Congress the power to declare peace and war. This it was resolved, 'belongs to the people.”
― Edward Pearson Pressey, History of Montague; A Typical Puritan Town
tags: american-revolution, articles-of-confederation, colonial-america, colonial-united-states, congressional-powers, continental-congress, founding-fathers, legislative-powers, massachusetts, montague, new-england, new-england-towns, town-meetings
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“If we are undone, we are the most splendidly ruined of any nation in the universe.”
― Charles Thomson
tags: 1785, articles-of-confederation, letters, south-carolina-gazette, thomas-jefferson
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