Elbridge Gerry: Letter to the Massachusetts Legislature on the U.S. Constitution - Milestone Documents

Elbridge Gerry: Letter to the Massachusetts Legislature on the U.S. Constitution

( 1787 ) Commentary by Kirk H. Beetz, UC Davis, Emeritus

Glossary

federal features, but is rather a system of national government a distinction between a government that represents a federation of independent states and one that imposes a central government on the states
quorum the minimum number of people required for a body to vote or take action

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