Ratification of the Constitution Indexes | Index to Volumes 4–7: Ratification of the Constitution by the States: Massachusetts | A | Amendments to Articles of Confederation
– and amendment to share federal expenses based on population [19 references]
– amendment respecting commerce [1 reference]
– fail to pass [4 references]
– to guarantee jury trials in piracy cases [2 references]
– must be ratified by state legislatures [1 reference]
– need for [12 references]
– preferable to amending the Constitution [1 reference]
– proposed by Congress in April 1783 [2 references]
– proposed by Mass. towns [1 reference]
– proposed to be adopted in lieu of Constitution [3 references]
– should be proposed by a second session of the Constitutional Convention [1 reference]
– should emanate from Congress only [1 reference]
– should have been proposed by state conventions [1 reference]
– some states oppose [1 reference]
– and supplemental funds [1 reference]
– three-fifths clause in population amendment [5 references]
– procedure for [7 subentries]
See also Articles of Confederation