1777, the Second Continental Congress approved the document, after a year of debates. The British capture of Philadelphia also forced the issue. The Articles formed a war-time confederation of ...

The Hard Bargains 1777 project will one day be a permanent ... will touch on York's role in crafting the Articles of Confederation, a precursor of the U.S. Constitution.

In the spring of 1777, Burke was laboring in Philadelphia on behalf of the United States and against the British on a badly needed American constitution, the Articles of Confederation. He noticed ...

This is is a replica of the York County Court House, where Congress met in 1777-78 and adopted the Articles of Confederation. This action has led to the claim that York is the first capital of the ...

1777, adoption of the Articles of Confederation in York City. But about six years ago, the York County History Center turned the anniversary into an opportunity to educate children through a ...

depicts members of the Continental Congress debating the Articles of Confederation. But the city is perhaps most proud of its claim as the first capital of the United States. In late 1777 ...