Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On this day in 1781, the Articles of Confederation, our first constitution, became the official law of the land. It didn't last a ...

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In the second episode of Constitutionally Speaking, Jay Cost and Luke Thompson look at the Articles of Confederation, the first government of the United States. The Articles were too weak to ...

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(WDBJ) - On this day in 1777, the Articles of Confederation were adopted. The Articles of Confederation provided stability during the Revolutionary War years. Most importantly, the experience of ...

Irish-born Thomas Burke died before his 40th birthday, but the North Carolinian lived long enough to wield sharp tools in constructing America’s foundation. In the spring of 1777, Burke was laboring ...

On this day in 1781, the Articles of Confederation, the first American constitution, became the official law of the land. It didn’t last a decade, however, for several reasons. The Second Continental ...