The ARTICLES of CONFEDERATION and PERPETUAL UNION Between The States Of New Hampshire, Massachusetts-bay Rhode Island and Providence Plantations,
Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South
Carolina and Georgia.
ARTICLE I The Stile of this Confederacy shall be "The United States of America".
1. Each state retains its sovereignty, freedom, and independence, and every power, jurisdiction, and right,
which is not by this Confederation expressly delegated to the United States, in Congress assembled.
sovereignty-governmental power
delegated=given
1. According to Document 1, what rights and powers do the states have under the Articles of
Confederation?