Just the opposite, actually. The Articles were written first.
The Articles of Confederation.
the articles of confederation
Articles of Confederation
THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION, THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION,
The Articles Of Confederation
Articles of Confederation
America's first constitution was the Articles of Confederation.
The Mayflower Compact was NOT a constitution. It was a social agreement. The answer is the Articles of Confederation.
The U.S. Constitution The Articles of Confederation was too weak so they scrapped it and wrote the constitution.
see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Articles_of_Confederation
The Articles of Confederation was the first document covering the thirteen colonies. (See attached link.) It did talk about what "constitutes" the American colonies, but it's not technically a constitution. The US Constitution was ratified in 1787.
Articles of Confederation