A state is a first-level administrative territorial unit of the United States. States have no state sovereignty and no right to secede from the United States.
Year: 2021
History of Foreign Policy
Already during World War I, the U.S. was making efforts to become a leader on the world political stage.
Levels of government
The authors of the U.S. Constitution of 1787 sought to guarantee a separation of powers in which no one person or group would have too much power.