confederation

The Articles of Confederation had required nine of the 13 states to pass most items, and it was a disaster.

I saw it in "Quotation", a group show at the Confederation Center of the Arts in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.

The more daring among them even talk about federation or confederation, possibly including the Kingdom of Jordan.

Instead, the two colonies were joined in a confederation, with separate legislatures.

More disclosure: Jim Kim and I are part of a loose confederation called “Doctors for Obama.”

The suspense with which Louis listened to this perfidious confederation, was almost insufferable.

The promise of obedience to God by vow or oath, includes a promise of certain services to each member of the confederation.

And how would the general confederation testify to a glorious work of reformation!

A committee was appointed to draw up such a plan and, in 1777, it submitted the Articles of Confederation to Congress.

By 1785, the Americans began to realize that the Articles of Confederation were too weak to become effective.