What happened in Massachusetts that further highlighted Congress’s weaknesses? What happened in Massachusetts that further highlighted Congress’s weaknesses?

protected civil liberties and outlawed slavery in the new territories.

a system of cooperative federalism emerged, as the powers of the federal government expanded.

polisit can also mean a body of citizens. in modern historiography, polis is normally used to indicate the ancient greek city-states, like classical athens and its contemporaries, and thus is often translated as "city-state". the body of citizens came to be the most important meaning of the term polis in ancient greece.