articles of confederation

1. A violent rebellion against taxes had spread alarm throughout the country's leaders and had exposed the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.
   对税法的暴力反抗已经在国家各阶层的领袖中发出了警讯，也暴露出「邦条款」弱点。这就使数据暴露于安全的薄弱环节。
2. As with anyone's first try at something, the Articles of Confederation were not perfect. The shortest way to do many things is to do only thing at a time.
   就像所有人第一次尝试做某件事情一样，邦联条例并不是完美的。做许多事情的捷径就是一次制只做一件事。
3. In1787, Congress called for a meeting of delegates from all the states to revise the Articles of Confederation.
   1787年，国会召开各州代表参加的大会，主要目的是修改有明显缺点的《联邦条款》。
4. The constitution, often portrayed as designed to shackle government, actually imposed a structure that the earlier Articles of Confederation lacked, notes Garry Wills, a historian.
   历史学家盖瑞。威尔斯称，虽然我们经常把宪法视作政府的桎梏，但它却强加了一个从前《联邦条例》中没有的体系。

noun

1. a written agreement ratified in 1781 by the thirteen original states