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.
On March 1, 1781, after the landed states agreed to cede their lands to Congress, the new government came into existence. The Articles of Confederation reflected the new nation's fear of centralized power and authority. Under the Articles the states were more powerful than the central government, which consisted only of a Congress. Each state had one vote in Congress, with that vote determined by a delegation of from two to seven representatives.