Article 4, Section 3, Clause 1


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Document 2

Articles of Confederation, art. 11

1 Mar. 1781

Article XI. Canada acceding to this confederation, and joining in the measures of the united states, shall be admitted into, and entitled to all the advantages of this union: but no other colony shall be admitted into the same, unless such admission be agreed to by nine states.


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