The Sovereign Voice Issue 1 | Page 30

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 F