Noun
a written agreement ratified in 1781 by the thirteen original states; it provided a legal symbol of their union by giving the central government no coercive power over the states or their citizens
Source: WordNetAt the time, there were state legislators who argued that the Constitution was not an alteration of the Articles of Confederation, but rather would be a complete replacement so the unanimity rule did not apply. Source: Internet
By the early 1780s, due to the structure of the government under the Articles of Confederation, it had no power to tax to either raise revenue or pay its soldiers. Source: Internet
Chernow, p. 182. Frustrated with the weakness of the central government, Hamilton while in Princeton drafted a call to revise the Articles of Confederation. Source: Internet
He signed the Articles of Confederation in 1781 after Maryland finally joined the other states in ratifying them. Source: Internet
At the end of the Convention, Hamilton was still not content with the final form of the Constitution, but signed it anyway as a vast improvement over the Articles of Confederation, and urged his fellow delegates to do so also. Source: Internet
First, "to form a more perfect Union" than had previously existed in the "perpetual Union" of the Articles of Confederation. Source: Internet