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We Have Not a Government: The Articles of Confederation and the Road to the Constitution. Chicago, Illinois: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226480503. Williams, Frederick D. (2012). The Northwest Ordinance: Essays on its Formulation, Provisions, and Legacy. East Lansing, Mich.: Michigan State University Press. ISBN 978-0-87013-969-7.
The first article of the new constitution established a name for the new federation – the United States of America. [ 5 ] The first draft of the Articles of Confederation, written by John Dickinson , was presented to Congress on July 12, 1776, but Congress did not send the proposed constitution to the states until November 1777.
The Constitutional Convention took place in Philadelphia from May 25 to September 17, 1787. [1] Although the convention was intended to revise the league of states and first system of government under the Articles of Confederation, [2] the intention from the outset of many of its proponents, chief among them James Madison of Virginia and Alexander Hamilton of New York, was to create a new ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 3 March 2025. "American history" redirects here. For the history of the continents, see History of the Americas. Further information: Economic history of the United States Current territories of the United States after the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands was given independence in 1994 This article ...
To pay the interest and principal of the debt, Congress had twice proposed an amendment to the Articles granting them the power to lay a 5% duty on imports, but amendments to the Articles required the consent of all thirteen states: the 1781 impost plan had been rejected by Rhode Island and Virginia, while the revised plan, discussed in 1783 ...
As the Articles' weaknesses became more and more apparent, the idea of creating a strong central government gained support, leading to the call for a convention to amend the Articles. [ 194 ] [ 195 ] The Constitutional Convention met in the Pennsylvania State House from May 14 through September 17, 1787. [ 196 ]
Donnybrook: The Battle of Bull Run, 1861. New York: Harcourt, Inc., 2004. ISBN 0-15-100889-2. Gottfried, Bradley M. The Maps of Bull Run: An Atlas of the First Bull Run (Manassas) Campaign, including the Battle of Ball's Bluff, June–October 1861. New York: Savas Beatie, 2009. ISBN 978-1-932714-60-9. CivilWarHome.com – Army of the Shenandoah
United States of America (1781-1789), under the Articles of Confederation Confederate States of America (1861–1865), a secessionist state during the American Civil War Topics referred to by the same term