Applewood Books The Articles of Confederation

A pocket-sized hardcover edition of the United States' First Constitution. 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 U.S. Constitution in 1789.