the main writer would be another pennsylvanian, jon dickinson. ickinson would be famous for kind of trying to slow us down for independence. at the same time he's making those arguments he's writing the articles of confederation. this formal agreement between the states of how the united states is going to operate. where essentially the congress would run the war, run foreign policy. the states would run their internal. they would cooperate with each other. you wouldn't have to pay taxes or tariffs if you went from state to state. the first problem with the articles of confederation and ultimately what dooms it, you can see from how it is signed. the signing will take place when the continental congress comes back to philadelphia after the british army has left in 1778. the british leave philadelphia in june. congress is back meeting here in july. and on july 9th, they are ready to sign the articles of confederation. the way the signing of that one works is different. the declaration of independence is signed by the delegates and most of them sign