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In fact, they ended up with a confederacy of independent nations for 9 years until the secret convention where it was proposed to have a federal system, a Union if you will.

That Confederation turned out to be so inadequate that a new Constitution was deemed necessary. But even under the Articles of Confederation we still had one army and one set of diplomatic representatives. We were, so far as the outside world was concerned, one union and one nation.

[Kevmo]

You honestly think Washington fought for Unity over Freedom?