The Continental Congress preceded the states and they were formed as a result of the admonition by CONGRESS to write constitutions and transform themselves from colonies into states. It was a NATIONAL action.
All the Founders and the vast majority of the People understood separate states had no chance of survival.
It is a distortion to claim that the states preceded national government which existed since the FIRST Continental Congress.
In case it slipped your mind that body first met in 1774.
This was YEARS before any state was formed.
You are truly confused. The Continental Congress & the Committees of Correspondence between the leaders of distinct & functioning communities preceded the States gaining recognized independence in the Treaty Of Paris; but the colonies that later achieved their sovereign independence had functioned as established societies, in some cases for five or more generations.
No one later joined the Union to have their diverse cultures overridden by bureaucrats or politicians, seeking to force social change on other people. If you read the Declaration of Independence--actually read it in context--you will see that much of it relates to opposition to an over-reaching central authority. The Founders did not rebel against an overreaching Government in London, to create one in Washington or Philadelphia.
For the deliberate revival of an anti-Southern ideological sectionalism by the American Left, see Civil War, Reconstruction & Creating Hate In America Today.
Your peppering you comments with abusive terms reduces them to rants. You will not likely persuade anyone who does not already hate traditional values; but, in so ranting, you do help others to understand who are the real aggressors in all of this.
The real issues concern the rights of distinct peoples & communities to define their own cultural values. We do, indeed, have many cultural values in common in America--at least among those rooted in American culture. We also have a great many local nuances of culture. The Founders never intended to interfere with those--hence the absolute absence of any functional delegation to Congress of powers to engage in social engineering. Even John Marshall, a strong advocate for Federal Powers, recognized that control over Health, Safety & Morals (the Police Powers) were left to the States.
William Flax