but the colonies had no real way to keep the country functioning.
             The Articles of Confederation were agreed to by congress on November 15, 1777. It was not ratified until March 1, 1781. The Articles established a "firm league of friendship" between the 13 states. Under the Articles, each of the states retained their "sovereignty, freedom and independence." Instead of setting up executive and judicial branches of government, there was a committee of delegates composed of representatives from each state. These individuals comprised the Congress, a national legislature called for by the Articles. These men were responsible for conducting foreign affairs, declaring war or peace, maintaining an army and navy, and many other lesser functions. The articles however denied congress the ability to collect taxes, regulate interstate commerce and enforce laws. The men composing the Continental Congress were very weary of a strong federal government. A great fear of many of the Continental Congress members was another tyrannical government like England, under the Articles of Confederation the individual states would retain their sovereignty.
             The Articles were a very loose form of government. It was really more of something to tide the colonies over during the Revolutionary war. The idea of the Constitution started out as reformations to the Ar
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