Encyclopaedia Britannica entry on confederation as a system of government: a union of sovereign states stressing the autonomy of each member, contrasted with a federation, and the United States' own history as a confederation before 1789.
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PublisherEncyclopaedia Britannica
URLhttps://www.britannica.com/topic/confederation-politics
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