This pocket-sized hardcover edition contains the preamble, conclusion, and all thirteen articles that make up the Articles of Confederation.
The original document-one of the United States' first governing documents-was passed by the Continental Congress in 1777, and later ratified by the states in 1781. Though the Articles of Confederation was not successful in creating a strong federal government, it did establish a set of rules for politics and governance that do-in some ways-still persist today. This document was replaced by the United States Constitution in 1789.
