Thomas Jefferson once said that "I know of no greater depository of knowledge and power then the people" by this statement he meant that 1- citizens were capable of ruling over themselves.
2- the monarchs were not capable of governing.
3- the military had no role to play in society.
4- a select group of educated citizens should rule.

The articles created a national government composed of a congress, which had the power to declare war, sign treaties, make alliances and more.

Hey the answer is the politics of the southern united states generally refers to the political landscape of the southern united states. due to the region's unique cultural and historical heritage, including slavery, the south has been involved in many political issues. some of these issues include states' rights, reconstruction, the civil rights movement and social conservatism. from the 1870s to the 1960s, the region was referred to as the solid south, due to their consistent support for democrats in all elective offices. as a result, its congressmen gained seniority across many terms, thus enabling them to control many congressional committees. in presidential politics, the south began to move away from national democratic loyalties with the dixiecrat movement of 1948 and the barry goldwater presidential campaign of 1964. among white southerners, democratic loyalties first fell away at the presidential level, followed much later at the state and local levels.