 Among the proposals was that from the State of Virginia, written by Thomas Jefferson, urging a limitation of tenure, "to prevent every danger which might arise to American freedom by continuing too long in office the members of the Continental Congress".The committee made recommendations, which as regards congressional term limits were incorporated unchanged into the Articles of Confederation (1781–89).The fifth Article stated that "no person shall be capable of being a delegate [to the continental congress] for more than three years in any term of six years".