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The Articles of Confederation - The Constitution Before the Constitution (2016x238)
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For four hot, humid July days, 56 delegates of the Second Continental Congress gathered in Philadelphia with one purpose – to ratify the Declaration of Independence. The document, originally drafted by Thomas Jefferson with the help of Ben Franklin, John Adams, Roger Sherman, ad Robert Livingston, declared that the thirteen American colonies were now independent and free of the tyranny of the British Empire. On July 4th, with the final wording in place, it was ready for the whole world to read; though, it would be about another month before congress would actually sign it, contrary to popular belief.
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Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Articles_of_Confederation
http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/articles.html
http://history.state.gov/milestones/1776-1783/Articles
http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/artconf.asp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War
http://books.google.com/books?id=pFXLAMC1xtUC&q=127#v=snippet&q=127&f=false
http://www.cliffsnotes.com/more-subjects/american-government/the-constitution/the-articles-of-confederation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shays%27_Rebellion
http://johncashon.wordpress.com/2013/03/18/shays-rebellion-and-the-arti
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