The US Constitution.
The US Constitution.
The US Constitution.
The delegates settled on a federal form of government instead of a system in which power was not divided between state and national government because they believed that it provided for a much stronger national government with a chief executive (the president), courts, and taxing powers.
federal
National
National
In order balance the competing claims of local self-government district interests and national authority, the Constitution assigns certain functions to the federal government and leaves all others to the state.
Like in the USA these governments are republics.
national and state
Federalism
Federalism
Federal System