<span>the activities associated with the governance of a country or other area, especially the debate or conflict among individuals or parties having or hoping to achieve power
or
</span><span>the activities of governments concerning the political relations between countries
</span>or
<span>the academic study of government and the state</span>
<span>The Supreme court declared the northwest ordinance constitutional, meaning that the lands promised to natives by the US would be given to them. That being said, the land was very soon after, taken back when Americans expressed anger over the fact that they couldn't have that land.</span>
Prior to the Qing Dynasty, China had resisted foreign influence because they "were geographically too hard to reach" since many mountain regions provided protection.
