<span>Prevent formal confederates from taking office and achieve political equality</span>
Answer: gold, copper, and iron ore.
The politician was Winston Churchill!
The Articles required unanimous consent to any amendment, so all 13 states would need to agree on a change. Given the rivalries between the states, that rule made the Articles impossible to adapt after the war ended with Britain in 1783.
The key ideas of "The Prince" were about power and
how leaders specifically princes could seek to gain power and also how they
could go about maintaining power.