Please use the appropriate variation from the list below. 1  Pounds to Metric Tons (or Tonnes) ConvertTable. 2  Pounds to Long Tons (UK) ConvertTable. 3  Pounds to Short Tons (US) ConvertTable.  Pounds to Tonnes ConvertTable.
Any amendment required unanimous consent of the states. The Articles of Confederation created a national government composed of a Congress, which had the power to declare war, appoint military officers, sign treaties, make alliances, appoint foreign ambassadors, and manage relations with Indians.
The Articles of Confederation: predecessor to the U.S. Constitution and drafted from Anti-Federalist principles. Anti-Federalism refers to a movement that opposed the creation of a stronger U.S. federal government and which later opposed the ratification of the 1787 Constitution. The previous constitution, called the Articles of Confederation, gave state governments more authority. Led by Patrick Henry of Virginia, Anti-Federalists worried, among other things, that the position of president, then a novelty, might evolve into a monarchy. Though the Constitution was ratified and supplanted the Articles of Co