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By which of the following methods the American federation was formed ?
Answer: C
The American federation was formed by a voluntary agreement.
The United States is the classic 'coming together' federation: thirteen independent states, already loosely joined under the Articles of Confederation, agreed through the Philadelphia Convention of 1787 and state ratification to form a stronger union, keeping their own powers and surrendering specific ones to the federal government.
It was not created by an act of any legislature or of the Senate, which itself was a creation of the new Constitution. The revolution won independence from Britain, but the federation was a later, negotiated agreement among the states.
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