Adoption of the Articles of Confederation[124]
Causes which delayed the Adoption of the Confederation[125]
Changes of the Members of Congress[126]
The present Congress compared with that of 1776[127]
Objections made to the Articles of Confederation[128]
Propositions for Amendments rejected[129]
Objection made by the State of New Jersey[129]
Their Suggestion rejected[130]
Claims of the Larger States to Vacant Lands[131]
Objection of the Smaller States[131]
Assent of Maryland to the Confederation withheld[133]
New York authorizes its Delegates in Congress to limit the Western Boundaries of the State[134]
Congress urges other States to surrender a Portion of their Claims[134]
Generous Example of New Jersey[135]
Delaware follows it[135]
Maryland adopts the Articles of Confederation[136]
Virginia yields her Claim to some of her Territory[137]
Progress of the People of the United States towards a National Character[139]
Security against a Dissolution of the Confederacy[140]

CHAPTER VI.

Nature and Powers of the Confederation.

Nature of the Government established by the Confederation[142]
Provisions in the Confederation for the States as separate Communities[143]
Form of Government established by it[143]
The Confederation a League for Mutual Defence and Protection[144]
Powers of Congress with regard to the External Relations of the Country[144]
Powers of Congress with regard to Internal Affairs[145]
Committee of the States to sit in the Recess of Congress[146]
Restrictions imposed upon Congress[146]
Revenues of the Country[147]
No Provision for enforcing Measures adopted by Congress[148]
The United States enter upon a New Era of Civil Polity[149]
The Confederation demonstrates the Necessity for a more perfect Union[149]

BOOK II.

THE CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, FROM THE ADOPTION OF THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION, IN 1781, TO THE PEACE OF 1783.

CHAPTER I.
1781-1783.

Requisitions.—Claims of the Army.—Newburgh Addresses.—Peace proclaimed.—The Army disbanded.