PUBLIC NOTICE
COVER LETTER - PUBLIC ORDER
1.
1754-1776: The “United Colonies” take
shape as a loose political association, and the First
and Second Continental Congresses result.
2.
1776: The Colonies declare independence.
3.
1781: The Articles of Confederation bind
“States” --- political subdivisions of the United
Colonies – together in a “perpetual union”, creating
a confederation of States to operate in the international Jurisdiction of the Sea. [Why a “confederation” instead of a “federation”? --Because the original States gave up some of their natural jurisdiction
to the new political entity, the Union, they created.]
4.
1783: The Treaty of Paris and Treaty of Versailles cements this arrangement splitting the land
and sea jurisdictions between the States and the
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