Assertion: u.s. | /r/CapableOf | put the u.s.
Facets:
value: in a unique position
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: After the ratification of the Constitution by nine states in 1788, the U.S. was officially a federation, putting the U.S. in a unique position where the central government exists by the sufferance of the individual states rather than the reverse.