Tuesday, November 17, 2009

This Day in History: November 17

Congress submits the Articles of Confederation to the states for ratification. [More]

1 comment:

Luke (alias "Lines With Chrome") said...

And we should have stuck with them.

The Constitutional Convention was convened only to amend the Articles, not replace them with a new document. Patrick Henry boycotted the Convention because he "smelled a rat".