Elizabeth Price Foley once said, “Federalism isn’t about the states’ rights. It’s about dividing power to better protect individual liberty”. Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, and James Madison are the founders of Federalism. They began Federalism for a couple reasons. The reasons are to avoid tyranny, to allow more participation in politics, and to use states as “laboratories” for new ideas and programs (ushistory.org, Page 3a). Federalism, however, can be a very confusing topic and sometimes difficult to understand, if it is not explained thoroughly. Therefore Federalism is something that needs to be more defined, the history of Federalism and the seven types should be more clearly explained on how it benefits our country, and information
