The Articles of Confederation, were the first US legal policies. It was from the ratification of these articles, on March 1, 1781, that the first American political institution was instituted: the Congress of the Confederation, or the United States Joint Congress.
The biggest success of the Articles of Confederation were Ordinance of 1785, set up a plan for surveying western lands, and the northwest ordinance, set up a government for each area.