Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation was the first constitution of the United States of America. The Continental Congress in Philadelphia Pennsylvania first drafted the Articles of Confederation in 1777. A man named John Dickinson in 1776 prepared this first draft. Even before the first ratifying convention met, a clamor rose from every quarter of the nation for a specific bill of rights. The Articles were then ratified in 1781. The cause for the changes to be made was due to state jealousies and widespread distrust of the central authority. This jealousy then led…
