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__//**Republic**//__
Republic is a form of government in which some people have supreme controle of the government and offices from a state are elected and chosen by people. In modern times a common simplified definition is a government were the head of a state is not monarch.

**//__Articles of confederation__//**
The Articles of Confederation was and agreement among the 13 founding states that legally established the United States of America as a confederation of soveregen states and served as its first constatution. Its drafting by the Contanental Congress began in mid 1776 and approved version was sent to the states for ratification in late 1777.