The Second Continental Congress resumes debate on the Articles of Confederation. Delegate Thomas Burke, of North Carolina, proposes that a new article be added that says, “Each state retains its sovereignty, freedom, and independence, and every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is not by this Confederation expressly delegated to the [u]nited States, in Congress assembled.”
NOTE: Today we know this as Article II.
[restored 7/30/2021]
Subsequent Events:
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, 1992), 2:1032.
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