6 days ago · Articles of Confederation, first U.S. constitution (1781–89), which served as a bridge between the initial government by the Continental Congress of the Revolutionary period and …

5 days ago · On June 11, 1776, the Second Continental Congress appointed a committee, composed of one representative from each colony, to draft a document forming a …

Not many people know this, but the Articles of Confederation was used as the first constitution of the United States of America. It was used as the supreme law for a brief period in the …

The Articles of Confederation, officially the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union, was an agreement and early body of law in the Thirteen Colonies, which served as the nation's first …

Article 5: Creates the Congress of the Confederation. Each state gets one vote in the congress and can send between 2 and 7 people to participate in the congress.

Oct 27, 2009 · Before the U.S. Constitution was the law of the land, there were the Articles of Confederation. Find out why they didn't last long. From the beginning of the American …

Oct 23, 2023 · The Articles of Confederation were adopted by the Continental Congress on November 15, 1777. This document served as the United States' first constitution. It was in …

Adopted by the Continental Congress on November 15, 1777, and ratified by the states in 1781, the Articles of Confederation created a weak central government—a “league of …

Despite its shortcomings, the Articles enabled the young country to wage war and negotiate peace with Britain. By establishing a constitutional union an objective of the Revolutionary …

Fearful of replacing one oppressive national government with another, however, the framers of the Articles of Confederation created an alliance of sovereign states held together by a weak …