Name: Articles of Confederation
Duration: 137
Description: Before the U.S. Constitution was the law of the land, there were the Articles of Confederation. Find out why they didn't last long.

Before the U.S. Constitution was the law of the land, there were the Articles of Confederation. Find out why they didn't last long.

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Before the U.S. Constitution was the law of the land, there were the Articles of Confederation. Find out why they didn&#8217;t last long.

Articles of Confederation

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<p>The years following the American Revolution were challenging for the new nation, which struggled with the Articles of Confederation, Shay's Rebellion, Federalism, the Alien and Sedition Acts and more.</p>


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