The Articles of confederation : an interpretation of the social-constitutional history of the American Revolution, 1774-1781
Print Book, English, 1948
University of Wisconsin Press, [Madison], 1948
xv, 284 pages ; 23 cm
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The revolutionary background
I. The problem of interpretation
II. The internal revolution
III. Independence and internal revolution, 1774-1776
The writing and ratification of the articles
IV. The problem of union
V. The Dickinson draft of the confederation
VI. The solution of the major issues
VII. The problem of sovereignty
VIII. The completion of the articles
IX. Early reaction and ratification
X. Virginia and the western problem, 1778-1779
XI. Congress and the western problem: land speculation and the Spanish alliance
XII. The completion of the confederation
XIII. Conclusions
Appendix
Progress of the articles through Congress
The Dickinson draft of the confederation
The articles of confederation and perpetual union