Why did America develop a system of federalism? The system wasn't a quintessential system, the Framers chose federalism as a way of government because they had a conjecture that government power naturally posed a threat to individual liberty, and they wanted to divide government faculty to prevent any abuse. The enumerated powers only belonged to the federal government, they were specifically made for the Congress in the Constitution. According to the text (page 222 paragraph 6) it claims enumerated powers consisted of "coining money, regulate interstate and foreign trade, maintain armed forces, and create federal courts". The first thing the enumerated powers wanted to do was to tax and lavish the currency and yield the countries defense
