When the Continental Congress met in York in 1777-78, the 64 delegates offered ... that almost overnight flipped the Articles of Confederation from a document authorizing a strong federal ...

Although the states had united politically under the Articles of Confederation in 1777, they did not yet exist as a united nation. Each state retained individual sovereignty and operated under its ...

Yet, more transformation would be needed to strengthen the Constitution. A need emerged to guarantee all Americans access to ...

Natural rights restrict government from removing your ability to do certain things. These are negative rights of the “thou shalt not” variety, commanding government to not infringe on your right to ...

Pipkin believes the Founding Fathers established the country as “The United States of America” when they wrote the Articles of Confederation in 1777, which created a republic that he now ...

Pipkin believes the Founding Fathers established the country as “The United States of America” when they wrote the Articles of Confederation in 1777, which created a republic that he now ...

The movement to adopt a Constitution grew out of substantial dissatisfaction with the operation of the Articles of Confederation, including the Confederation’s difficulty in settling disputes ...

27, 1777, the capital of the United States was ... the dignitaries wrote the initial drafts of the Articles of Confederation, ...

When Manitoba entered Confederation in 1870, British Columbia was still an isolated British colony on the West Coast. In March 1867, the United States had bought Alaska leaving British Columbia ...

Dive into history with key events from Nov. 10-16, including the Wilmington Coup, the end of WWI, Typhoon Bhola's devastation ...

The election of Donald J. Trump is sapping momentum from global climate talks as diplomats brace for his pro-fossil-fuel agenda. By Lisa Friedman The economy of Azerbaijan, host of COP29, relies ...