THE REVOLUTIONARY BACKGROUND: The problem of interpretation -- The internal revolution -- Independence and internal revolution, 1774-1776 -- THE WRITING AND RATIFICATION OF THE ARTICLES: The problem of union -- The Dickinson draft of the Confederation -- The solution of the major issues -- The problems of sovereignty -- The completion of the articles -- Early reaction and ratification -- Virginia and the Western problem, 1778-1779 -- Congress and the Western problem: land speculation and the Spanish Alliance -- The completion of the Confederation -- Conclusion -- APPENDIXES: Progress of the Articles through Congress -- The Dickinson draft of the Confederation -- The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union
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Reprint of the 1940 ed. with a new foreword by the author
