<prompt> unaweza kugeuza matini haya ya swahilikwa kiingereza?kongamano la pili la bunge lilikuwa limeandaa ibara za shirikisho mwaka 1777, kuelezea shirikisho la kudumu, lakini kwa kuipa congress uwezo mdogo kifedha wa kuhakikisha kuwa maazimio yake yatatekelezwa.  <response>: the second continental congress had drawn up articles of confederation in 1777, describing a permanent confederation but granting to the congress - the only federal institution - little power to finance itself or to ensure that its resolutions were enforced. 