...by this confederation expressly delegated to the United States, in Congress assembled. ARTICLE III The said States hereby severally enter into a firm...league of friendship with each other, for their common defense, the security of their liberties, and their mutual and general welfare, binding themselves...

...is not by this Confederation expressly delegated to the United States, in Congress assembled. III. The said States hereby severally enter into a firm...league of friendship with each other, for their common defense, the security of their liberties, and their mutual and general welfare, binding themselves...

...Congress assembled, each State shall have one vote. Freedom of speech and debate in Congress shall "The said States hereby severally enter into a firm...league of friendship with each other, for their common defense, the security of their liberties, and their mutual and general welfare ..." not be impeached...

...each state. In form, the Articles were more like a present-day interstate compact than a constitution: "The said states hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other."23 Not everyone agreed, however, with the Articles' endorsement of state sovereignty. National...

...United Confederated States in Congress assembled (hereafter referred to as the "Congress. " Article III. The said states hereby severally enter into a firm...league of friendship with each other, for their common defense, the security of their liberties, and their mutual and general welfare, binding themselves...

...military alliance, as something more like NATO than like the federal government under the US Constitution: "The said states hereby severally enter into a firm...the security of their Liberties, and their mutual general welfare, binding themselves to assist each other, against all force offered to, or attacks...

...by this confederation expressly delegated to the United States, in Congress assembled. Article III. The said states hereby severally enter into a firm...other, for their common defence, the security of their *Source: Thorpe, ed., 1 Federal and State Constitutions 9 (1909). Liberties, and their mutual and general...

...not by the confederation expressly delegated to the United States, in Congress assembled. ARTICLE III The said States hereby severally enter into a firm...league of friend-ship with each other, for their common defense, the security of their liberties, and their mutual and general welfare, binding themselves...

...arguments for a strong central government and chose instead a "firm league of friendship," united primarily "for their common defence, the security of their Liberties, and their mutual and general welfare...." 43 When the Constitutional Convention assembled in l787, the need for a strong...

...by this Confederation expressly delegated to the United States, in Congress assembled. Article III. The said States hereby severally enter into a firm...league of friendship with each other, for their common defense, the security of their liberties, and their mutual and general welfare, binding themselves...