Assertion: convention's state | /r/CapableOf | refuse to provide congress
Facets:
value: by the mid-1780s
type: TEMPORAL
value: with pay
type: OTHER
value: with funding
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: By the mid-1780s, states were refusing to provide Congress with funding, which meant the Confederation government could not pay the interest on its foreign debt, pay soldiers stationed along the Ohio River or defend American navigation rights on the Mississippi River against Spanish interference.