Listen "Episode 4: What's So Bad about the Articles of Confederation?"
Episode Synopsis
This episode will look at "America's Mulligan," the Articles of Confederation. The first system of government in the United States, the Articles lasted from 1777 until 1789. They are largely remembered as a failure. Yet in creating this system of government, the Americans were drawing upon the lessons of history and theory.
More episodes of the podcast The American Founding with Jay Cost
Episode 16: Jefferson, the American Sphinx
22/09/2025
Why Free Speech Is Essential to the Republic
12/09/2025
Episode 12: Federalism
26/05/2025
Episode 11: Checks and Balances
18/05/2025
Episode 9: The Compromise over Slavery
28/04/2025
Episode 8: The Essential Senate
19/04/2025