To implement this, however, it was necessary to amend the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union, an agreement approved by the thirteen colonies at the Second Continental Congress in 1777 that ...

Representatives of 51 towns in the present area declared an independent state of 'New Connecticut alias Vermont' in 1777, but also ... under the Articles of Confederation and two years after ...

On September 27, 1777, the Continental Congress was forced ... York is actually where the Articles of Confederation were drafted. York sometimes declares itself the “First Capital of the United ...

The Constitution of the United States is only 4543 words—7762 if you count the Amendments—and originally fit on just four large sheets of paper. But it packs a wallop. Not only is it the ...

Connecticut’s Roger Sherman, the only Founding Father to help draft and sign the Declaration and Resolves (1774), the Articles of Association (1774), the Declaration of American Independence (1776), ...

Pulaski Day festivities at Chicago's Polish Museum of America honored the "Father of American Cavalry," 280 years after his ...

The first leg of Stellenbosch’s quarterfinal tie in the African Confederation Cup against holders Zamalek has been confirmed for the Cape Town stadium on Wednesday, 2 April. There has been some ...

Lucas Miller’s High Performance Hockey paid its first visit to the Kivalliq when it touched down in Coral Harbour for a week in February. Miller, the head instructor and a former pro player ...

IN EARLY AMERICA, the care of the poor was considered a moral obligation. It was not unusual for private charity to be extended to assist indigent people, but this generosity was seldom adequate.

The 2021 Dixie Fire in California burned 963,309 acres. It destroyed 1,311 structures and damaged more. It caused four injuries. Fortunately, no one was killed. The cause of the fire was a falling ...