Today we will effectively skip the Revolutionary War--suffice to say the Colonists won. No one expected this, and no one in Europe expected the fledgling democracy to last. The British and French were waiting on the horizon to carve up the new nation when it crumbled into disaster.
The Founding Fathers knew this, and they set about creating a set of documents to govern the nation without creating a strong federal government that would take the place of the king...
This first attempt was (insert scary movie music here) the Articles of Confederation.
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
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