The Articles of Confederation: Once our Government, Now our History The Articles of Confederation was the first constitution of the United States of America. Soon after the Revolutionary War in America, the Articles of Confederation were first drafted by the continental congress in Philadelphia Pennsylvania in 1777. ... Life under the Articles of Confederation was filled with hardship and uncertainty, the United States government was in a state of chaos. ... There was a larger topic at question, however, the weakness of the Articles of Confederation. ... The convention was origin...

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