<P> The Congress of the Confederation , or the Confederation Congress , formally referred to as the United States in Congress Assembled , was the governing body of the United States of America that existed from March 1 , 1781 , to March 4 , 1789 . A unicameral body with legislative and executive function , it comprised delegates appointed by the legislatures of the several states . Each state delegation had one vote . It was preceded by the Second Continental Congress ( 1775 -- 1781 ) and governed under the newly adopted Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union , which were proposed 1776 -- 1777 , adopted by the Continental Congress in July 1778 and finally agreed to by a unanimous vote of all thirteen states by 1781 , held up by a long dispute over the cession of western territories beyond the Appalachian Mountains to the central government led by Maryland and a coalition of smaller states without western claims , the plan introduced by Maryland politician John Hanson ; the plan is referred to as ' The Hanson Plan ' . The newly reorganized Congress at the time continued to refer itself as the Continental Congress throughout its eight - year history , although modern historians separate it from the earlier bodies , which operated under slightly different rules and procedures until the later part of American Revolutionary War . The membership of the Second Continental Congress automatically carried over to the Congress of the Confederation when the latter was created by the ratification of the Articles of Confederation . It had the same secretary as the Second Continental Congress , namely Charles Thomson . The Congress of the Confederation was succeeded by the Congress of the United States as provided for in the new Constitution of the United States , proposed September 17 , 1787 , in Philadelphia and ratified by the states through 1787 to 1788 and even into 1789 and 1790 . </P>
<P> The Congress of the Confederation , or the Confederation Congress , formally referred to as the United States in Congress Assembled , was the governing body of the United States of America that existed from March 1 , 1781 , to March 4 , 1789 . A unicameral body with legislative and executive function , it comprised delegates appointed by the legislatures of the several states . Each state delegation had one vote . It was preceded by the Second Continental Congress ( 1775 -- 1781 ) and governed under the newly adopted Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union , which were proposed 1776 -- 1777 , adopted by the Continental Congress in July 1778 and finally agreed to by a unanimous vote of all thirteen states by 1781 , held up by a long dispute over the cession of western territories beyond the Appalachian Mountains to the central government led by Maryland and a coalition of smaller states without western claims , the plan introduced by Maryland politician John Hanson ; the plan is referred to as ' The Hanson Plan ' . The newly reorganized Congress at the time continued to refer itself as the Continental Congress throughout its eight - year history , although modern historians separate it from the earlier bodies , which operated under slightly different rules and procedures until the later part of American Revolutionary War . The membership of the Second Continental Congress automatically carried over to the Congress of the Confederation when the latter was created by the ratification of the Articles of Confederation . It had the same secretary as the Second Continental Congress , namely Charles Thomson . The Congress of the Confederation was succeeded by the Congress of the United States as provided for in the new Constitution of the United States , proposed September 17 , 1787 , in Philadelphia and ratified by the states through 1787 to 1788 and even into 1789 and 1790 . </P>
type of congress created by the articles of confederation
type of congress created by the articles of confederation
A unicameral body with legislative and executive function
A unicameral body with legislative and executive function