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We have only made minor changes to the spelling or the wording, and only if it enhanced the clarity of the text. This is a direct transcript of the Articles of Confederation written by the Continental Congress in 1781, courtesy of the Avalon Project...

Aside from the failed attempt at a colony in Roanoke, the French and Spanish had also failed in claiming the coast where the Carolinas would be established.
The North Carolina Colony and the South Carolina Colony were established at the same time. In 1663, King Charles I of England annulled a previous charter and gave a new charter as a gift to eight English noblemen who had supported his rise to the throne...

President George Washington sent twelve amendments from the House and Senate to the states as the Bill of Rights on October 2, 1789. We know only ten because only ten were ratified by the states.
These are the two unratified amendments. Oddly enough, they were the first two!...

Many countries including France, Spain, Britain, and Sweden, were looking to expand into the mostly unexplored continent across the Atlantic Ocean in the 1500’s. One of the first attempts was Roanoke Colony, on the island of Roanoke, by Sir Walter Raleigh...