Beginning in 1781, the US was governed under the.......?

A. Articles of Confederation

B. Mayflower Compact

C. Basic Law of 1781

D. British Constitution

E. current US constitution

Beginning in 1781, the US was governed under the.......?
answer: A, March 1, 1781 under the Congress of the Confederation.
Reply:well... A, but in practice it was the intrument of government before that.

1777
Reply:None of the above! Technically the Articles of Confederation was a treaty of friendship and support between the 13 founding sovereign States who had begun the Great Rebellion in 1775 (to recover rights of suffrage in respect of the Westminster Parliament). These States then together signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776 but this did not amalgamate the individual States - it just founded the Congress. So each State had its own Constitution and it appears that writing a Constitution was a condition of admission to the Union. The Articles set up a central Administration (which for example signed the treaty of Paris) but it was more like the Treaty of Rome that set up the European Community than a real Constitution.

larry