Chapter V: November, 1777-March, 1781

ADOPTION OF THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION.--CESSIONS OF
WESTERN TERRITORY.--FIRST POLITICAL UNION OF THE STATES.

Adoption of the Articles of Confederation 124

Causes which delayed the Adoption of the Confederation 125

Changes of the Members of Congress 126

The present Congress compared with that of 1776 127

Objections made to the Articles of Confederation 128

Propositions for Amendments rejected 129

Objection made by the State of New Jersey 129

Their Suggestion rejected 130

Claims of the Larger States to Vacant Lands 131

Objection of the Smaller States 131

Assent of Maryland to the Confederation withheld 133

New York authorizes its Delegates in Congress to limit the
Western Boundaries of the State 134

Congress urges other States to surrender a Portion of their
Claims 134

Generous Example of New Jersey 135

Delaware follows it 135

Maryland adopts the Articles of Confederation 136

Virginia yields her Claim to some of her Territory 137

Progress of the People of the United States towards a
National Character 139

Security against a Dissolution of the Confederacy 140