confederacy
States joined together
A confederacy is an alliance or league, especially of states or groups united for a common purpose.
The term implies a looser bond than a federation—members retain more independence.
The confederacy of tribes controlled trade routes throughout the region.
Any group joined in common cause, even informally, may be called a confederacy: a confederacy of dunces. (Capitalized Confederacy refers to the Confederate States of America.)
Temporary alliance for action
- leagueAssociation or distance unit
- pactFormal agreement between parties
- blocAllied group sharing interests
- ententeInformal international understanding
partnership · accord · consortium · syndicate · association · affiliation · alignment · axis
Native American confederacy
- Six NationsIroquois tribal confederacy
- PowhatanVirginia Algonquian confederation
- tribalOf a clan
- nationsSovereign political entities
chiefdom · longhouse · wampum · council · treaty · alliance · intertribal · council fire
Violent uprising against authority
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
- revoltOrganized resistance to power
- seditionInciting revolt against government
- defianceOpen resistance to authority
dissent · resistance · mutiny · insubordination · subversion · breakaway · separatism · autonomy
coalition
Temporary alliance for action
- leagueAssociation or distance unit
- pactFormal agreement between parties
- blocAllied group sharing interests
entente · partnership · accord · consortium · syndicate · association · affiliation · alignment · axis · network
Iroquois
Native American confederacy
- Six NationsIroquois tribal confederacy
- PowhatanVirginia Algonquian confederation
- tribalOf a clan
nations · chiefdom · longhouse · wampum · council · treaty · alliance · intertribal · council fire
insurrection
Violent uprising against authority
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
- revoltOrganized resistance to power
- seditionInciting revolt against government
defiance · dissent · resistance · mutiny · insubordination · subversion · breakaway · separatism · autonomy
- governancegovernance, government, democracy, vote, parliament
- organizationsorganization, organizations, company, companies, club
- societiescivilization, secret societies, nation, literary societies, tribal society
- territoriesprovince, state, region, country, colony
- partnershipspartnership, business partnership, alliance, joint venture, joint ventures
- political bodiesgovernment, legislature, parliament, senate, cabinet
confederacycentralized government
Authority held by one body
empire · autocracy · unification · consolidation · centralized authority
confederacyconflict
Opposition between parties
disunion · disagreement · discord · opposition · hostility
confederacyisolation
Complete separation from others
isolationism · independence · autonomy · separatism · individualism
- Confederate forcesSecessionist military units
- Confederate StatesSecessionist southern republic
- Confederate flagsEmblems of Southern secession
- Articles of ConfederationOriginal American governing charter
- Confederate ArmySecession states' military
- Iroquois ConfederacyNative American tribal league
confederate, confederation, confederated, confederates, confederacies, confederating