The Ratification of the Conventions of nine States, shall be sufficient for the Establishment of this Constitution between the States so ratifying the Same. This laconic sentence, in the last and ...

shall be as valid against the United States under this Constitution, as under the Confederation. To finance the War of Independence, the American states and the Continental Congress sold millions ...

In addition to the Constitution, Brunk Auctions will also offer several other notable historical items. These include a first draft of the 1776 Articles of Confederation and a 1788 journal from ...

The other ace would be handed over to France in the form of a constitution, the Articles of Confederation adopted Nov. 15. Congress couldn’t wait to reveal its new hand, certain that France ...

15, 1777. "The Articles of Confederation were the first Constitution of this country; they gave us a way to live in this new United States of America. 13 colonies coming together and it really was ...