All Posts Tagged With: "Declaration of Independence"
Doc of the Day: Articles of Confederation
On November 15, 1777, the Second Continental Congress accepted the Articles of Confederation. The document was then sent to the states for ratification.
The Articles of Confederation, sometimes called the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union, was the first constitution of the United States and the American colonies’ first successful attempt to form a unified government. [...]
Doc of the Day: Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress
The Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress, adopted on October 14, 1774, is the Continental Congress’s most important proclamation of principles and demonstrates the widening gap between the American colonists and their English motherland. Issued roughly six months before fighting broke out between the colonists and the British at Lexington and Concord, the [...]
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Doc of the Day: July 13
On July 13, 1787, Congress approved the Northwest Ordinance. The Northwest Ordinance served as a bridge between the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation as well as between the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. It was the most significant legacy of the Confederation Congress. By providing a generous philosophical and practical structural [...]
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Doc of the Day: July 4
On July 4, 1776, the Contintental Congress adopted the final draft of the Declaration of Independence. John Hancock, president of the Continental Congress, ordered the congressional printer to print 200 broadsides of the declaration.
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