The Commonwealth of Massachusetts becomes the ninth State to ratify the Articles of Confederation.  Four more State ratifications are necessary to put the Articles into force.

       [restored 8/6/2021]

Subsequent Events:

4/5/1778                   3/2/1780                   2/6/1788

Authority:

unanimous Declaration (of Independence), Paragraph 6
ccc-2point0.com/unanimous-Declaration

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

Current U.s. National Debt:

$36,217,480,035,223

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