The United States has been run under two constitutions since its existence. It was first operated under the Articles of Confederation. The Articles of Confederation was ratified by Maryland and brought into effect on March 1, 1781. The Articles lasted a little over seven years until it was upheld by New Hampshire on June 21, 1788. It was replaced by the Constitution of the United States. Then In this essay I will compare and contrast the differences between the two constitutions.
             The legislature part of the government changed as the Articles of Confederation changed to The Constitution. In the Articles of Confederation the legislature was Unicameral, or broken into one section, which was congress. Each state had two to seven members in congress during the Articles. While during The Constitution the legislature was Bicameral, or broken into two sections, which was the House of Representatives and the Senate. Each state had two senators, and the number of House members depended on the population of the state.
             The way that congress voted and selected members where also different between the two constitutions. In the Articles of Confederation members of congress where appointed by the state legislature and each state can give in one vote. In the Constitution on the other hand, members of the House where voted in by popular vote. And each Representative or Senator could put in one vote when voting.
             In the Articles the legislature position was only held for one year. If you wanted to run another term you could only do so every three out of every six years. While in the Constitution the member of the house ran for two years, and members of the senate ran for six years. But, unlike the Articles a member of the legislature could keep running more turns.
             During the times of the Articles of Confederation the states paid congressional pay and the Chair of the Legislature was held by the President of Congress. But whe...