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National Association of the Daughters of the Confederacy. The United Daughters of the Confederacy ( UDC) is an American neo-Confederate [ 1] hereditary association for female descendants of Confederate Civil War soldiers engaging in the commemoration of these ancestors, the funding of monuments to them, and the promotion of the pseudohistorical ...
The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union was an agreement among the 13 states of the United States, formerly the Thirteen Colonies, that served as the nation's first frame of government. It was debated by the Second Continental Congress at Independence Hall in Philadelphia between July 1776 and November 1777, and finalized by the ...
Confederation of three Sahaptin-speaking Native American tribes. Yakama Nation: pre 1855 AD-present: Confederation made up of Klikitat, Palus, Wallawalla, Wenatchi, Wishram, and Yakama peoples in the United States. Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians: pre 1855 AD-present: Confederation made up of 27 tribes and bands in the United States.
Richard Henry Lee (January 20, 1732 – June 19, 1794) was an American statesman and Founding Father from Virginia, [ 1] best known for the June 1776 Lee Resolution, the motion in the Second Continental Congress calling for the colonies' independence from Great Britain leading to the United States Declaration of Independence, which he signed ...
[44] [45] As a result, signers of three key documents are generally considered to be Founding Fathers of the United States: Declaration of Independence (DI), [21] Articles of Confederation (AC), [23] and U.S. Constitution (USC). [22] The following table provides a list of these signers, some of whom signed more than one document.
Children. 7, including Thomas. Signature. Robert Morris Jr. (January 20, 1734 – May 8, 1806) was an English-born American merchant, investor [ 2] and politician who was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania legislature, the Second Continental Congress, and the United States Senate, and he ...
Gouverneur Morris ( / ɡʌvərnɪər ˈmɒrɪs / guh-vər-NEER MOR-ris; [ 1] January 31, 1752 – November 6, 1816) was an American statesman, a Founding Father of the United States, and a signatory to the Articles of Confederation and the United States Constitution. He wrote the Preamble to the United States Constitution and has been called ...
The Confederation period was the era of the United States' history in the 1780s after the American Revolution and prior to the ratification of the United States Constitution. In 1781, the United States ratified the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union and prevailed in the Battle of Yorktown, the last major land battle between British ...