The Confederacy of the United States

The final draft of the articles of confederation and perpetual union was approved in november 17 77, but it was not adopted until march 17 81. This delay was caused by the requirement that every state had to ratify before the articles would go into effect. And maryland really, really didn't want to ratify. As we will see, the unanimous consent requirement was a mistake that the framers of the constitution will conspicuously not make. By the time the articles were ratified, Congress was deep in debt and had no way to pay it back.