America under the Articles of Confederation was a mess, not unlike Europe today. Could it lead to a stronger European Union? German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy after ...

It's been three quarters of a century since Newfoundland joined Canada. While it can feel like the life and times of 1949 are a distant era, many of the issues folks faced back then are still front ...

Every American knows about George Washington, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, but what about John Hanson, Elias Boudinot and Thomas Mifflin? Some historians point to the latter three as the country’s ...

Have you ever heard of the Articles of Confederation? If not, then it refered the first constitution of the United States. It was officially adopted by the Continental Congress on 15 November 1777.