The framers wanted this because they didn't want the national government to get too strong and become a monarchy, like the one they just worked so hard to get out of.
The constitution created a federal system as a compromise so that power of government would be shared between the states and federal government, and the federal government would not become too powerful. It was the only choice the founders thought they had in order to achieve this.
A national government and state governments
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The division of powers between the national and state governments called federalism. This division of powers is facilitated by the federal government.
It is called a Federal government as opposed to a Unitary government.
The United States calls its form of government where its power is divided between the national and state governments a Federal System. It created that type of government. In that case, the national government has responsibility for certain aspects and the state governments have responsibility for certain aspects. In France and England almost all power resides at the national level while administration occurs at the local level.
The Government book says Federal system
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It doesn't quite work that way. The States and their people ARE the government, and they have allowed the Federal government to do a very few things like regulate sales of items between and among the States, provide a military to protect all of the States, and to mint money.
a division of power between state and national governments
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