depicts members of the Continental Congress debating the Articles of Confederation ... up his hands in a paper entitled “Vices of the Political System of the United States.” ...

Racked by overlapping social, political and economic crises, paralyzed by stalemate and unable to reform itself, the United States under the articles was a failure. And yet, the Confederation ...

“At the time they were adopted, the Articles created the strongest confederation in history ... for it to be consummated. Because of political infighting, it wasn’t until March 1, 1781 ...

in 1787, the founding fathers convened at the Philadelphia convention, with the goal of fixing the political and economic issues caused by the Articles of Confederation. It was decided during the ...

Of course, that changed quickly. Still, the former congressman has always been one of the more popular representatives in the political cartoon space, providing plenty of cartoonish fuel through ...