The union of States or organizations that are governed by common laws is known as a confederation. The confederation is characterized by continuing to have its domain despite sharing laws.
By choosing to have a central system, governments are forming a confederation. To do so, they must develop agreements where each state agrees, and the central government makes decisions without the active participation of all states.
Because he was the president of the United States from 1801 to 1809 he was a founding father who was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence