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Articles of Confederation: Introduction Summary

Hi, States. It's Us, Congress.

  • Things kick off with our writers, the delegates of the Second Constitutional Congress, introducing themselves.
  • They lay out the game plan for a new country: confederation and perpetual union.
  • Each state gets a shout-out. Back then, Rhode Island and New Hampshire were Rhodeisland and Newhampshire.