The Commonwealth of Virginia becomes the first State to ratify the Articles of Confederation.  Twelve more State ratifications are necessary to put the Articles into force.

       [restored 7/30/2021]

Subsequent Events:

2/5/1778                    6/25/1788

Authority:

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

References:

Articles of Confederation – Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Articles_of_Confederation#Ratification

Current U.s. National Debt:

$36,167,124,467,492

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