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Dan GrayGeneral Knowledge18 Sep 2024

Which document was a precursor to the U.S. Constitution?

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Retry Correct Incorrect The first governing document of the United States wasn’t the Constitution — it was the Articles of Confederation, which gave most of the power to states with limited central powers. It was replaced by the U.S. Constitution in the 1780s.
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Which document was a precursor to the U.S. Constitution?

  • King’s Legal Decree
  • The Articles of Confederation
  • The Federalist Papers
  • Poore Richard’s Almanack
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