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SCOUT· 55%1h 23m·2026-06-30·History445 How Independence Happened, Pt 3: The Articles of Confederation
Ben Franklin's World
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 women, and a question in the margins about whether Congress should abolish slavery. Congress…
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