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...nted a committee to draft a written constitution for the new nation · They adopted the Articles of Confederation in 1777 and translated it in Frensh to gain French support. · The Articles were not approved by all 13 states until March 1, 1781. Six of the jealous states argued that the more fortunate land-blessed state would not have retained possession of this splendid prize if all the other states had not fought for it also. A big complaint was that the bigger states would sell their trans-Allegheny tracts and pay off pensions and other debts incurred in the common cause. Other states would have to tax themselves heavily. · The articles carved the New World into "republican " states which would be admitted to the Union on terms of complete equality with all the others (Northwest Ordinances of 1787) · Westward moving pioneers started to purchase their farms from the federal government and learned to look to the national capital rather than to the state capitals. the new nation · They adopted the Articles of Confederation in 1777 and translated it in Frensh to gain French support. · The Articles were not approved by all 13 states until March 1, 1781. Six of the jealous states argued that the more fortunate land-blessed state would not have retaine...