Use the quote below from the Articles of Confederation and your knowledge from your reading to answer the question below. " The said states hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other, for their common defence, the security of their Liberties, and their mutual and general welfare, binding themselves to assist each other, against all force offered to, or attacks made upon them, or any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade, or any other pretence whatever."

As drafted by the Second Continental Congress the Articles of Confederation established the