Historedia
Group or institution

Congress of the Confederation

Events
4
Episodes
8
Years
1782–1786

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Congress of the Confederation, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Ratification of Preliminary Articles of Peace

    1782–1783

    Role: Legislative body of the United States that ratified the preliminary articles of peace

    1. November 30, 1782 · ParisProvisional treaty drafted in Paris

      American and British representatives drafted the provisional treaty on November 30, 1782, creating the preliminary articles Congress later ratified.

    2. April 15, 1783 (legacy record; day and month unattested in supplied passages) · Recorded seat of the Congress of the ConfederationCongress ratifies the preliminary articles of peace

      The Congress of the Confederation is recorded as ratifying the preliminary articles ending the Revolutionary War in April 1783, acting on the provisional treaty drafted in Paris.

  2. Robert Morris's Proposal for a National Mint

    1782

    Role: Legislative body that passed the first authorization for a United States mint on February 21, 1782

    1. February 21, 1782 · Seat of the Congress of the Confederation (city not specified in sources)Congress of the Confederation authorizes a mint

      On February 21, 1782, the Congress of the Confederation passed the first authorization for the establishment of a mint in the United States.

  3. Washington's Resignation

    1783

    Role: Body before which Washington resigned his commission

    1. early December 1783 · Fraunces TavernFarewell to officers at Fraunces Tavern

      In early December 1783 Washington bade farewell to his officers at Fraunces Tavern shortly before resigning his command.

    2. 23 December 1783 · Old Senate Chamber, Maryland State House, AnnapolisResignation of commission at Annapolis

      Washington resigned as commander-in-chief before Congress in the Old Senate Chamber of the Maryland State House on 23 December 1783.

    3. 23 December 1783 · Maryland State House, AnnapolisAcclaim and historical assessment

      The resignation was acclaimed at home and abroad and later extolled by historians as a signal event setting the country's political course.

  4. Passage of the Ordinance of Governance by the US Congress

    1784–1786

    Role: Governing body that modified and passed the Land Ordinance of 1784

    1. 1784 · Congress of the ConfederationPassage of the Land Ordinance of 1784

      Congress modified Jefferson's proposal for dividing western territory into new states and passed it as the Land Ordinance of 1784, titled 'Ordinance of Governance' in the legacy record.

    2. 1785–1786 · United States political circlesCriticism of the 1784 Ordinance

      George Washington and James Monroe criticized the ordinance, and other politicians questioned its plan for organizing new state governments.

Sources

  1. Treaty of Paris (1783) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-29
  2. United States Mint Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-26
  3. Maryland State House Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-05
  4. Northwest Ordinance Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-19