John Adams: Report of a Constitution, or Form of Government, for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Milestone Documents

John Adams: Report of a Constitution, or Form of Government, for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

( 1779 ) Commentary by Richard Alan Ryerson, Ph.D.

Glossary

body-politic the people and their government considered as a collective unit
Commonwealth the official designation of four U.S. states: Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Pennsylvania
indefeasible incapable of being undone or voided

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