Answer:
Periodization Should be your answer my freind.
The process of classifying the past into distinct periods of time is exactly Periodization.
True, 9 states had to approve :)
<span>The Articles of Confederation were written documentation that laid out the purpose of the new national government of the US once it was independent from Great Britain an in control of itself. In essence, these articles were the Constitution prior to it's existence.</span>