Articles of Confederation
March 1, 1781 · Independence Hall
Ratified by the states; the first constitution of the United States.
Key people
Elbridge Gerry
signatory, signed for Massachusetts · American
John Hancock
signatory, signed for Massachusetts · American
Henry Laurens
signatory, signed for South Carolina · American
Samuel Adams
signatory, signed for Massachusetts · American
Josiah Bartlett
signatory, signed for New Hampshire · American
William Ellery
signatory, signed for Rhode Island · American
Roger Sherman
signatory, signed for Connecticut · American
Samuel Huntington
signatory, signed for Connecticut · American
Francis Lewis
signatory, signed for New York · American
John Witherspoon
signatory, signed for New Jersey · American
Robert Morris
signatory, signed for Pennsylvania · American
Thomas McKean
signatory, signed for Delaware · American
Richard Henry Lee
signatory, signed for Virginia · American
Francis Lightfoot Lee
signatory, signed for Virginia · American
John Penn
signatory, signed for North Carolina · American
Thomas Heyward Jr.
signatory, signed for South Carolina · American
John Dickinson
signatory, signed for Delaware · American
John Hanson
signatory, signed for Maryland · American
Daniel Carroll
signatory, signed for Maryland · American
James Duane
signatory, signed for New York · American
Gouverneur Morris
signatory, signed for New York · American
Participants
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United States
American
- Continental Congress American