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 ...

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 ...

Although the Articles of Confederation had organized the 13 ... the articles would be thrown out altogether in favor of a new Constitution. That document, and the new government that emerged ...

Some Republicans have been pushing for a new constitutional convention for "more than a decade," said NC Newsline. North ...

...all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.... Among the unsatisfactory aspects of the Confederation government were its inability to regulate interstate and ...

Early US elites drafted the Constitution to check democratic uprisings that threatened the power of the ruling class. The ...