Answer:
Benefit: More land so you can possibly produce more goods/services and boost your economy.
Drawback: Country may collapse, individual state territories may take over etc.
Explanation:
I'm using these with my vocabulary term book, so i'm answering the question based off the definitions provided for me.
Absurd - Ridiculous
I would say their not similar
Accede - <span>agree to a demand, request, or treaty.</span>
Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister, OM PC PRS (5 April 1827 – 10 February 1912), known between 1883 and 1897 as Sir Joseph Lister, Bt., was a British surgeon and a pioneer of antiseptic surgery.
The <span>authors of the constitution created a balance between federal and state governments and between large and small states by forming the "Great Compromise," which created two houses in the legislature. One (the House) that favored the larger states, and one (the Senate) that favored the smaller states. </span>