Confederation of the United States

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The Confederation of the United States (Castilian: [la] Confederación de los Estados Unidos) was the process by which the victorious twenty-seven States were re-united into a revitalized federation, which they christened the United States of North Aegea on January 1, 1730. Shortly after Confederation, New Mexico was quickly admitted into the new Union. Thus, the new Union and Confœderacy initially consisted of twenty-seven States; and twenty-eight, after New Mexico joined.

Terminology

The United States are a federation and not a confederate association of sovereign states, which is what “confederation” means in contemporary political theory. The United States are nevertheless often considered to be among the world’s more decentralized federations.

In this new, North Aegean, context, Confederation here describes the political process that re-united the States in the 1730s, events related to that process, and the subsequent incorporation of other States and Territories. The term is now often used to describe the United States in an abstract way, such as in “the Fathers of Confederation”. States and territories that became part of the United States after 1730 are also said to have joined, or entered into, Union and Confœderacy with the several States (but not the Confederation). The term is also used to divide United States history into pre-Confederation (i.e. pre-1730) and post-Confederation (i.e. post-1730) periods.

History

Further information: Constitutional history of the United States

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