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.
Category: On Public Administration
The formation of the U.S. system of government begins with the adoption by 13 states of the Declaration of Independence in 1776, which enshrined the basic principles of state functioning
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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.
National (federal) level of government
The president of the United States is the head of the executive branch, which means he is charged with enforcing laws passed by Congress.