The bells of St. James Cathedral rang out at midnight on Confederation Day, the "merry peal" echoing through a city already loud with crackling bonfires and the pop-pop of muskets. It was July 1, 1867 ...

America under the Articles of Confederation was a mess, not unlike Europe today. Could it lead to a stronger European Union? German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy after ...

Everyone learns, by the end of high school, that the United States had a constitution before the Constitution — the Articles of Confederation. Last week, I wrote about why I think it is important to ...

Have you ever heard of the Articles of Confederation? If not, then it refered the first constitution of the United States. It was officially adopted by the Continental Congress on 15 November 1777.