East and west Florida but the US argue that it was part of the Louisiana purchase
So what I've learned in the past is the operators have made an error ( in Mark II) and when that happened that's when the term bug came!
Madison understood that power can corrupt as seen with the kings of their time. So Madison set up the form of government that relies on separate branches of government that operates under checks and balances. This means that no one branch can get too powerful and overrule the other branches. We see this in modern government in the legislative, executive and judicial branches. Madison improved upon the idea that power cannot be held by one man or a few people.
I’m not sure when you say U.S. but the Republicans supported the idea of state rights. (If you could clarify you question I could help more).
They all used the same routes to travel the ocean