Articles of Confederation [Hardcover]

This pocket-sized hardcover edition contains the preamble, conclusion, and all thirteen articles that make up the Articles of Confederation. The original documentone of the United States' first governing documentswas passed by the Continental Congress in 1777, and later ratified by the states in 1781. Though the Articles of Confederation was not successful in creating a strong federal government, it did establish a set of rules for politics and governance that doin some waysstill persist today. This document was replaced by the U.S. Constitution in 1789.The first governing document of America, passed by the Continental Congress in 1777 but not ratified by the states until 1781. This document put the new country in good stead but had some shortcomings. It was replaced by the Constitution in 1789.A Pocket-Sized Hardcover Edition of the United States' First Constitution