the Article of Confederation

基本解释

He served in Congress under the Articles of Confederation in 1785–86 and then returned to the governorship.
1785至1786年间，汉考克遵循《美国邦联条例》（ Articles of Confederation）在议会服务，之后又归任州长。

It grew further under the Articles of Confederation in seventeen seventy-eight.
I would recite, whatever, the Articles of Confederation I would rise on my hind legs, quaking in my boots, and I would begin until I made a mistake, whereupon I would be castigated, berated, totally stripped of self-esteem by this monster who would that inflict the same pain on somebody else.
我会背，比如说，联邦条例,我会抬起我的后腿，它在靴子里颤抖，然后开始背，直到犯错，于是，我就会被批评严惩，自尊完全被这个怪物践踏了,他对其他人也会如此加注痛苦。
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The Founding Fathers could have empowered the federal government to print paper money, a power enjoyed by the Continental Congress under the Articles of Confederation.
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Under the old Articles of Confederation the central government could not collect taxes, only the states could.
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But he soon realized that the Nation under its Articles of Confederation was not functioning well, so he became a prime mover in the steps leading to the Constitutional Convention at Philadelphia in 1787.
WHITEHOUSE: George Washington