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  2. History of the United States government - Wikipedia

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    Many of the institutions and customs of the government were established by the Washington administration in the 1790s. The first era of major change to the government was the Jacksonian Era in the 1830s, which saw changes to the structure of the executive branch and the abolition of the national bank.

  3. Divided government in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Divided government is seen by different groups as a benefit or as an undesirable product of the model of governance used in the U.S. political system. Under said model, known as the separation of powers, the state is divided into different branches. Each branch has separate and independent powers and areas of responsibility so that the powers ...

  4. History of the United States Constitution - Wikipedia

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    The United States Constitution has served as the supreme law of the United States since taking effect in 1789. The document was written at the 1787 Philadelphia Convention and was ratified through a series of state conventions held in 1787 and 1788. Since 1789, the Constitution has been amended twenty-seven times; particularly important ...

  5. American Revolution - Wikipedia

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    Politics portal. v. t. e. The American Revolution was a rebellion and political movement in the Thirteen Colonies which peaked when colonists initiated an ultimately successful war for independence against the Kingdom of Great Britain.

  6. President of the United States - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The president of the United States ( POTUS) [B] is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America. The president directs the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces . The power of the presidency has grown substantially [12] since the first ...

  7. Collaborative governance - Wikipedia

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    Governance is a broader concept than government and also includes the roles played by the community sector and the private sector in managing and planning countries, regions and cities. [1] Collaborative governance involves the government, community and private sectors communicating with each other and working together to achieve more than any ...

  8. Bipartisanship in United States politics - Wikipedia

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    According to political analyst James Fallows in The Atlantic (based on a "note from someone with many decades' experience in national politics"), bipartisanship is a phenomenon belonging to a two-party system such as the political system of the United States and does not apply to a parliamentary system (such as Great Britain) since the minority ...

  9. Federalism - Wikipedia

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    Federalism is a mode of government that combines a general government (the central or federal government) with regional governments ( provincial, state, cantonal, territorial, or other sub-unit governments) in a single political system, dividing the powers between the two. Johannes Althusius is considered the father of modern federalism along ...