Answer the following about what some historians consider the first capital of the United States: York, Pennsylvania. For 10 points each:
[10e] York served as the temporary base for the Continental Congress, which drafted this document ratified in 1781. John Dickinson drafted this document, which established the country's first unicameral legislature.
ANSWER: Articles of Confederation [or Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union]
[10m] York's Golden Plough Tavern was the first meeting place of this group which included Thomas Mifflin and James Wilkinson. This group's namesake resigned after trying to elevate Horatio Gates to a certain role.
ANSWER: Conway Cabal
[10h] York was the site of a POW camp for the Convention Army, which formed following the British surrender at this specific site in October 1777. Simon Fraser died at this site after falling back from Barber's Wheatfield.
ANSWER: Bemis Heights [prompt on Saratoga]
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