Articles of Confederation appears in non-fiction

The Articles of Confederation is the document by which the thirteen American states agree to a common, federal government. While the articles spell out the nature of this agreement, they do not provide the federal government with any power to regulate interstate commerce or to collect taxes. As a result, states come up with their own exclusionary trade rules and refuse to pay their share of the expenses from the Revolutionary War. The Convention in Philadelphia is called to consider revising the Articles of Confederation to address these problems.