The United States was governed by a document known as the Articles of Confederation.

美国由一份名为《十三州邦联宪法》的文件管理。

Hamilton felt the new system of government under the Articles of Confederation was weak and disorganized.

汉密尔顿认为《邦联条例》下的新政府体制力量薄弱，组织涣散。

General Washington saw once again that there was no hope for the United States under the Articles of Confederation.

华盛顿将军再次看到，《邦联条例》下的美国毫无希望。

Some of the people who went to the Constitutional Convention wanted to improve (or make better) the Articles of Confederation.

参加制宪会议的一些人想要改进（或改善）《邦联条例》。

They agreed to follow a document called the Articles of Confederation, but it wasn't strong enough for the new country.

它们同意遵循一份名为《邦联条例》的文件，但该文件对这个新国家来说还不够强大。

1781 following the ratification of the Articles of Confederation.

1781 年《邦联条例》批准后。

The Articles of Confederation did but strengthen this national bond and the Constitution sealed it forever.

《邦联条例》确实加强了这种国家纽带，而《宪法》则永远封印了它。

At first the new nation was a loosely formed alliance governed under the Articles of Confederation.

起初，这个新国家是一个松散的联盟， 受《邦联条例》管辖。

The Articles of Confederation very explicitly declared that " each state retains its sovereignty, freedom, and independence."

邦联条款非常明确地宣布“各州保留其主权、自由和独立” 。

However, once he was there, he began to understand that there were many problems with the Articles of Confederation (or the legal document that existed before the Constitution).

然而，一回到家中，他就开始认识到《邦联条例》（或宪法的前身）存在诸多问题。

During the war in 1781, the Articles of Confederation were ratified as the first truly national government.

1781 年战争期间，《邦联条例》获得批准，成为第一个真正意义上的国家政府。

To him the Articles of Confederation were the symbol of futility.

对他来说，联邦条款是无用的象征。

The Articles of Confederation were still in effect.

联邦条款仍然有效。

The thirteen states were united in common bonds under the Articles of Confederation.

根据联邦条款，十三个州团结一致。

It was accompanied by conditions similar to those which existed under the Articles of Confederation.

它伴随着类似于联邦条款下存在的条件。

Without money, without an army, without courts of law, the union under the Articles of Confederation was drifting into dissolution.

没有钱，没有军队，没有法庭，邦联条款下的联盟正在走向解体。

Long and desultory debates followed and it was not until late in 1777 that Congress presented to the states the Articles of Confederation.

随后进行了漫长而断断续续的辩论，直到 1777 年底，国会才向各州提交《邦联条例》。

Although it was convened to revise the Articles of Confederation, the delegates soon presented plans to discard the Articles and create a new constitution.

虽然这次会议是为了修改《邦联条款》，但代表们很快就提出了废除《邦联条款》并制定新宪法的计划。

Monroe then went on to serve as a representative in the first national government of the U.S. under what was called the Articles of Confederation.

随后，梦露根据所谓的《邦联条例》继续担任美国第一个国家政府的代表。

The delegates decided to send an appeal to the states to send delegates to a convention in Philadelphia the following May to amend the Articles of Confederation.

代表们决定向各州发出呼吁，要求其派代表参加明年五月在费城举行的会议，以修改《邦联条例》。