Uplifting News: Good News in History, March 1 | An Encouraging Development
Uplifting News: Good News in History, March 1 | An Encouraging Development Why this story matters: Behind the headlines, stories like this show how real-world solutions are taking shape. Quick summary: This story highlights recent developments related to this day in history, showing how constructive action can lead to meaningful results. 245 years ago today, the Articles of Confederation were officially adopted by the Continental Congress after ratification by all 13 states as the supreme law of the land in post-Revolutionary America. Calling into existence the most limited and constrained form of government ever achieved by modern man, affording it only those powers the former colonies had recognized as belonging to the King of England. There was no president, no executive agencies, no judiciary, and no tax base. READ More… (1781) Page one of Articles of Confederation – public domain Often overlooked by American historians and Constitutional scholars as an object of study, the Articles of Confederation delegated all powers unto the states apart from a few that …