Fire Weather Threat for Portions of the Southern Plains and Central/Southern Rockies; Periods of Mountain Snow Continue Across the Pacific Northwest. Elevated to critical fire weather conditions will continue for portions of the Southern Plains and Central/Southern Rockies.
The Articles of Confederation became effective on March 1, 1781; after all thirteen states had ratified (approved) them. The Articles made the states and legislature (law making body)supreme. There was no executive branch (President). Judicial functions (courts) were very limited. The resulting government was weak. Efforts to make it stronger failed.
United States Government/The U.S. under the Articles of Confederation - The Articles of Confederation. 1  The Articles of Confederation accomplished certain things, but without a strict leader, they were bad. First, they expressly provided that the states were sovereign. (A sovereign state is a state that is both self-governing and independent.) The United States as a Confederation was much like the present-day European Union.