The Importance Of Federalism In The Constitution

In 1787, 55 men meet together to make a document to fix the government of the United States. All of the men were white and most were wealthy. The men gathered together to write a document that better explained the rules, who has power and what amount of power they have. The previous articles that had been written had left many details out so the men had to frame the declaration of independence so everyone knew the rules clearly. Federalism helped to protect against tyranny by appointing certain powers to each section of the government. Document B also divided power among people and their jobs so that everyone is happy. (The president, senate, supreme court.) Checks and balances were created so that not one group had to much power. In document …show more content…
The government was separated so not one group had all the power, double government was created to give the people double protection, there was also powers shared by the same government. The government was separated into central government and the state government so that the powers were equally divided. In document A it shows us that the central government had powers like regulating trade. Whereas the states had powers like establishing schools. James Madison said that having the central government and the states, the people had double security. This insured the people that they would get what they want and deserve. They were protected by multiple governments so they knew that they would be treated fairly. Powers were also shared by governments and states so that they had to come to an agreement on things. Document A tells us that the government and states had to share responsibilities such as making courts. This made sure that everyone knew what was going on and why it was going on. Federalism protected the states and government from any tyranny by doing simple things like sharing the responsibility so it wasn 't all on one group of people and protecting the people with double