Under the Articles of Confederation, each state retained ... attached to the principles of the Constitution of the United States, and well disposed to the good order and happiness of the United ...

Although the Articles of Confederation had organized the 13 ... the articles would be thrown out altogether in favor of a new Constitution. That document, and the new government that emerged ...

The national debt, currently at $36.3 trillion and growing, is a boulder weighing on economic prosperity. The money lent to ...

How did the US go from a nation that revered liberty to one with despotic governance? While political forces already were trying to push the US in a direction ...

“The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.” The Articles of ...

Unlike any other president, Donald Trump has tested the words and ideas in the literal text of the US Constitution, from the ...

“How do you like our new Constitution?” Thomas Jefferson wrote to John Adams in mid-November 1787. Jefferson mostly wanted to ...

In addition to the Constitution, Brunk Auctions will also offer several other notable historical items. These include a first draft of the 1776 Articles of Confederation and a 1788 journal from ...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A rare copy of the U.S. Constitution printed 237 years ago and sent to the states to be ratified was ...

The entire clause was a replacement for the eighth article of the Articles of Confederation ... the common defense or general welfare.” The Constitution empowered Congress to raise taxes ...