a written agreement ratified in 1781 by the thirteen original states; it provided a legal symbol of their union by giving the central government no coercive power over the states or their citizens
Created on Mon Jun 01 12:51:38 EDT 2009
(updated Mon Jun 01 12:56:04 EDT 2009)
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