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1776 brought a declaration of and a war for independence to Britain's

North American colonies. While they had all acted in concert to reach this

decision, their memories of colonial life under the centralized British monarchy

had lasting effect upon their views of what the federal government of their new

republic would have the power to do. In the years following the Declaration of

Independence, Congress came up with the Articles of Confederation to loosely

govern the new republic at the federal level. 1781 found all 13 states ratifying the

Articles of the Confederation as well as the conclusion of the War for

Independence, with the signing of the Treaty of Paris. Already, the

weaknesses of the Articles of the Confederation were beginning to show.

Every one of the 13 colonies suffered economic setbacks as a result of the

War for Independence. Devalued American currency as a result of the Congress'

habit of printing new paper money to......

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