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York and the Articles of Confederation
1777
York, Pennsylvania
Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Congress sat here for nine months with Philadelphia occupied, and in November adopted the Articles of Confederation, the first written constitution the country had. It also survived the Conway Cabal, an attempt among officers and delegates to replace Washington, and declared the first national day of thanksgiving.
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