<span>a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words</span>
The Monroe Doctrine is the best known U.S. policy toward the Western Hemisphere. Buried in a routine annual message delivered to Congress by President James Monroe in December 1823, the doctrine warns European nations that the United States would not tolerate further colonization or puppet monarchs.
The third statement is the Federalist one. Federalists believed in a strong centralized (or federal) government and small state governments.
Under America’s first governing document, the Articles of Confederation, the national government was weak and states operated like independent countries. At the 1787 convention, delegates devised a plan for a stronger federal government with three branches—executive, legislative and judicial—along with a system of checks and balances to ensure no single branch would have too much power.
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Dividing government's powers among at least four leaders.
