Federalism: Two Levels Of Government

Federalism is a system of government where territory is controlled by two levels of government. The best examples of federalism are the United States, Canada, and India, but why would they choose this form of government over others? Federalism’s two levels of government are: national and state government. It’s because the national government handles the issues of the entire country, while the smaller political subdivisions, or state government, handle the local concerns of the people, or the individual state. It leaves each of the governments with individual powers so they can balance each other out. However, some of the most influential countries are federalists. One of the federalist countries is America America was made a federalist country because of the United States Constitution, that was written by our political leaders the Founding Fathers. The main Founding Fathers were: John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and George Washington. The Founding Fathers were made up of two major groups The Signers of the Declaration of Independence, and The Framers of the Constitution. The Signers of the Declaration of Independence, well, Signed the Declaration of …show more content…
When the U.S. Constitution was being crafted, the Federalist Party supported a stronger central government, while "Anti-Federalists" wanted a weaker central government. This is very different from the modern use of "federalism" in Europe and the United States. The U.S. Constitution was written as a reaction to the Articles of Confederation, under which the United States was a loose confederation with a weak central government. However, the modern American usage of the word federalism is now much closer to the European sense. As the power of the Federal government has increased, some people see a much more unitary state than they believe the Founding Fathers