| The futility of enacting mercantilist legislation within a confederated polity was also demonstrated with regard to the navigation laws. |
| Lastly, the Guarantees Committee is the independent body which defends the statutory rights of affiliates and confederated organisations. |
| The thirteen States, loosely confederated, were too loose an organization to conduct effective war. |
| Additionally, since 1808 they had been fighting a guerrilla war with Indian tribes loosely confederated by the great Shawnee chief Tecumseh. |
| The loosely confederated empire began to feel beleaguered from East and West, becoming aware of the growing pressure of Teutonism. |
| And before the 1787 Constitutional Convention, Washington copied James Madison's notes analyzing confederated governments. |
