445 How Independence Happened, Pt 3: The Articles of Confederation

Ben Franklin's World by Liz Covart

Jun 30, 202685:31Society & Culture

The man Congress chose to draft the United States’ first constitution refused to vote for independence. John Dickinson wrote a bold plan, one with a strong central government, religious liberty protections that included...

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