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 ...

If there is a lesson in the crisis that the nation is experiencing today, in which states do their own thing, paying minimal attention to the federal government or national issues, it is that our dark ...

York, Pa.'s, Colonial Court House, a 1976 replica of the building where the Continental Congress met in 1777-78, was filled with young voices on Sunday. Many had roles in developing multi-media ...

YORK, Pa. — The city of York has a whole lot of history. It's even where a drafting of the Articles of Confederation took place before its adoption on Nov. 15, 1777. "The Articles of Confederation ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Author and Constitutional Scholar Linda Monk talked about the Articles of Confederation and Shay's Rebellion.

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! On November 15, 1777, the Continental Congress adopted the Articles of Confederation, the first constitution of the United States. However, all ...

The Brennan Center for Justice and the National Constitution Center present a symposium exploring how the Articles of Confederation shaped the U.S. Constitution. Historians, legal scholars, and ...

Are we witnessing the birth of the United States of Europe? There are uncanny similarities between the current round of wheeling and dealing and the founding of the United States of America. The ...

Back in the middle of March, Ron Klain, the man President Obama charged with handling the Ebola crisis in 2014, appeared on MSNBC’s “All In With Chris Hayes” to discuss the plight of governors around ...

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