1781 Confederacy Forms

The Continental congress dissolved, Confederacy known as the United States of America was established on March 1, 1781, when Maryland became the thirteenth and last State of the original thirteen…to ratify and adopt the Articles of Confederation.

1781 – Once the signing of the above took place in 1781, a President was needed to run the country. (first written oath to the People to “Office of President” of the United States of America) John Hanson was chosen unanimously by Congress.

Articles of Confederation only allowed a President to serve a one-year term during any three-year period. Six other presidents were elected after him:

1. Elias Boudinot (1783),
2. Thomas Mifflin (1784),
3. Richard Henry Lee (1785),
4. Nathan Gorman (1786),
5. Arthur St. Clair (1787), and
6. Cyrus Griffin (1788)

All presidents prior to Washington taking office. Washington took no written oath but inserted the first oral oath, not to the People, but to the Land, and property, owned by the USA as an employment office called “President of the United States” and another employment essentially at the same time of “President of the United States of America”, and refused the “Office of President” associated with the People of the Confederation.

The thirteen states that were involved in the Articles of Confederation were:

1. New Hampshire
2. Massachusetts
3. Rhode Island
4. Connecticut
5. New York
6. New Jersey
7. Pennsylvania
8. Delaware
9. Maryland
10. Virginia
11. North Carolina
12. South Carolina
13. Georgia