A look back over American history shows that ... The point of the Constitution was to replace the failure of the Articles of Confederation, but it simply created a new ring for battle, one ...

The American confederation began life as a ... In November 1777, the Continental Congress sent its final draft of the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union to the states for ratification.

“At the time they were adopted, the Articles created the strongest confederation in history,” according to Rowland Young in the American Bar Association Journal. While it has been frequently ...

To set the stage, here’s E. James Ferguson, whose works remain standard in the history of American public finance: The Articles of Confederation . . . [emphasized] defense of local rights ...

After peaceful attempts at alliance-building stalled, the Continental Army launched an ill-fated invasion of Quebec in June 1775 ...

In the spring of 1777, Burke was laboring in Philadelphia on behalf of the United States and against the British on a badly needed American constitution, the Articles of Confederation. He noticed ...

After the American Revolution, the new United States of America needed to form a permanent government of its own. Why did the Articles of Confederation fail, and how did the U.S. Constitution come ...

It was 239 years ago today that the Articles of Confederation, the first American constitution, was sent to the 13 states for consideration. It didn’t last a decade, for some obvious reasons.

To save American credit from destruction ... It had been made before the articles of confederation, which required the assent of nine States to any such measure, had been finally ratified.

They wanted to mend the informal alliance known as the Articles of Confederation ... Russia retain its Alaskan foothold on the North American continent? Would Canada and/or Mexico be the ...