Rhode Island and Providence Plantations becomes the fourth State to ratify the Articles of Confederation. Nine more State ratifications are necessary to put the Articles into force.
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Authority:
unanimous Declaration (of Independence), Paragraph 6
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References:
“Chronology of Events, 1774-1804,” from The Debate on the Constitution, two volumes, Bernard Bailyn, ed., (New York: Library of America, 1993), 2:1033.
Articles of Confederation – Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Articles_of_Confederation#Ratification
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