Articles of Confederation

Benjamin Franklin’s Articles of Confederation

by Michael Boldin | Jul 25, 2022 | Articles of Confederation, Audio/Video, Ben Franklin, Path to Liberty

In July 1775, Benjamin Franklin introduced a formal plan for uniting the colonies – “The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union.” He read it to the Second Continental Congress nearly a year before the Declaration of Independence and the first drafts of...

Today In History: Samuel Huntington Born

by Mike Maharrey | Jul 16, 2022 | Articles of Confederation, History, Samuel Huntington

On this date in 1731, Samuel Huntington was born. Due to his time as President under the Articles of Confederation, some actually consider him the first president of the United States. Huntington was a signer of the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of...

Thomas Paine: The Evils of Paper Money

by Michael Boldin | Nov 22, 2021 | Articles of Confederation, Audio/Video, Federal Reserve, Path to Liberty, Thomas Paine

While most people associate support for sound money with founders like Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, in 1786 Thomas Paine issued a blistering attack on fiat money, writing that the “evils of paper money have no end.” Path to Liberty: November 22, 2021...

The Seeds of Nullification: A Lesson from the Articles of Confederation

by Michael Boldin | Apr 23, 2021 | Articles of Confederation, Audio/Video, History, Path to Liberty

What do taxes, fiat money, a refusal to cooperate and the Articles of Confederation have to do with nullification strategy today? Quite a bit, it turns out. Path to Liberty, Fast Friday Edition: April 23, 2021...

Today in History: Articles of Confederation Adopted

by Dave Benner | Mar 1, 2018 | Articles of Confederation, History

On Mar. 1, 1781, the states adopted the Articles of Confederation, putting into operation the first constitution of the United States. Primarily written by prominent Pennsylvania lawyer John Dickinson, the Articles of Confederation was an attempt to establish a...

Every “Constitutional Conservative” Should Understand the Articles of Confederation

by Brion McClanahan | Feb 8, 2018 | Articles of Confederation, Founding Principles

Were the Articles the Articles of Confederation really that bad? Did the Constitution fundamentally change the Union? What are the similarities between the Constitution and the Articles? Did the States secede from the Articles? I get emails asking questions like these...

The 10th Amendment

“The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”

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