How did the US go from a nation that revered liberty to one with despotic governance? While political forces already were trying to push the US in a direction ...

On Feb. 4, two ambassadors of the Free Land Holder Committee met with a judge and U.S. attorneys in Denver in a private ...

The United States shall guarantee to every State ... invasion—continued Congress’s prior obligation under the Articles of Confederation. This guarantee is related to the principle that ...

When Manitoba entered Confederation in 1870, British Columbia was still an isolated British colony on the West Coast. In March 1867, the United States had bought Alaska leaving British Columbia ...

“The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.” The Articles of ...

all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.... Among the unsatisfactory aspects of the Confederation government were its inability to regulate interstate and ...