What is the difference between a confederation and a federal system of government?
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Confederation - Days of George Washington\nFederal System - Days of George Bush and all Republicans since Democrats are the DEVIL which is why it begins with D.
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All political systems may be evaluated according to their geographic distribution of power. A unitary system is one that concentrates all policymaking powers in one central geographic place; a confederal system spreads the power among many sub-units (such as states), and has a weak central government. A federal system divides the power between the central government and the sub-units. All political systems fall on a continuum from the most concentrated amount of power to the least. Unitary government s may be placed on the left side, according to the degree of concentration; confederal governments are placed to the right; and federal governments fall in between
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The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union, commonly known as the Articles of Confederation, was the first governing document of the United States of America. It was adopted by the Second Continental Congress on November 15, 1777, after months of debate. It served as a non-binding plan of government until finally ratified into law on March 1, 1781 in York, Pennsylvania.\n\nThe Articles united the new thirteen American states into a loose confederation, a nation capable of making war, negotiating diplomatic agreements, and resolving issues regarding the western territories, but little more. It was initially intended only as a weak national government designed to manage an emergency, and as such, following the conclusion of the War and the onset of new priorities, its many conspicuous inadequacies became glaringly obvious. It was replaced by the much stronger United States Constitution upon its ratification on June 21, 1788.
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federalism: supporting the proposed U.S. Constitution in the late 1780s that favored a stonrg national government.\n\nrepublic: (That's easy, the U.S. is one!) a system of government in which political power comes from the people, who elect officials to represent them in decision making.\n\nincumbant:a political candidate who currently holds an elected or appointed office.
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Nigeria is a Federal Republic,A federation is a state composed of a number of self-governing regions (often themselves referred to as 'states' or 'regions') united by a central, federal government. In a federation, unlike in a unitary state, the self-governing status of autonomous regions is constitutionally entrenched and cannot be revoked by a unilateral decision of the central government. Usage of the term republic is inconsistent but, as a minimum, it means a state that does not have a monarch as head of state, comprising 36 states plus the Federal Capital Territory of Abuja. Each state has a unicameral House of Assembly and an elected Governor, who appoints an Executive Council.Nigeria, the House of Assembly is the name given to each state legislature.
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Federalist supported a strong central government...\nThe Bill of Rights limits the power of the federal government.\n\nAnti-federalists feared a strong central government and felt that the Bill of Rights curbed the power of the federal government.
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The Articles of Confederation made it so the states were sovereign over the federal government. This made the continental congress useless, and things didn't work well, at all. For example, if congress decided they needed money for the Indian problem, then they would have to ask the states, and the states could deny it. It was basically just an agreement between the states to be friends. You can also look at what happened to the south in the civil war, because their government under Jefferson Davis made the states sovereign just like the articles of confederation, which led to the losing of the south. (States would chose not to send money for food and arms up to the southern army)
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Federalist ->Sovereignty\nAnti-federalist ->Independence
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Look here:\nhttp://search.yahoo.com/search?search=strengths+and+weaknesses+of+articles+of+confederation&ei=UTF-8&fr=ks-ques&ico-yahoo-search-value=http%3A%2F%2Frds.yahoo.com%2F_ylt%3DArWKri693.sbLKrdpQhcW9UezKIX%2FSIG%3D111gjvvgj%2F*-http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.yahoo.com%2Fsearch&ico-wikipedia-search-value=http%3A%2F%2Frds.yahoo.com%2F_ylt%3DAthfLqOk2IQaHRFFJ98MQ8cezKIX%2FSIG%3D11ia1qo58%2F**http%253a%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSpecial%253aSearch&p=strengths+and+weaknesses+of+articles+of+confederation
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Because the writers of the state constitution decided to call it the Court of Appeals instead. There's not really much of a difference. The Federal Supreme Court is a court of appeals.
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Federal Republicanism.  a system of divided and difused powers.
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Federalism is a system of government in which sovereignty is constitutionally divided between a central governing authority and constituent political units (like states or provinces), creating what is often called a federation. Proponents are often called federalists. In Canada, federalism means opposition to sovereigntist movements (usually that of Quebec). In Europe, "federalist" is often used to describe those who favor a stronger federal government (or European Union government) and weaker provincial governments. The same is historically true in the United States, with those who generally favor a confederation, or weaker federal government and stronger state governments, being called "anti-federalists". However, in recent years in America "federalism" has come to be associated with opposition to a stronger federal government.
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A governmental system with a concentrated would be like a dictator.  All the powers of government (making the laws, enforcing the laws, and interpreting the laws) are concentrated into a few people's hands.  In the US, these powers of the government are split into the three seperate branches, but in an autocracy, all these powers are in one person's hands.
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The federal government is made up of three branches which theoretically have the same amount of power.  The head of the executive branch is the President, currently George W Bush.  His office is in the White House in Washington D.C.\n\nThere are 50 states, each of which has it's own separate government.\n\nEach state has a varying number of cities, each with it's own separate government.
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Federalism goes back to the beginning of our country and the writing of the constitution.  From 1783 to 1789 the USA was a weak confederacy of 13 states with no real binding rules, law or govt to work for the country as  a whole.  If you go to Philly,in constitution hall, right next to the declaration and the constitution are the articles of confederation.  It was the argument of a Strong central federal Govt as opposed to Each state having autonomy.  Its actually what the civil war was all about the south claiming that each state had rights above what the federal govt in Washington could tell them.  The North claiming that without strong central govt there could be an anarchy of each state doing as it pleased and laws with no power as soon as you crossed a state line.  That's why Lincolns Gettysburg address is so famous it outlines the good of Govt,  of, for and by the people, and how the common good must sometimes super cede the wants of some of the people.  Recently tho federalism has come to mean opposition to strong central govt.  One of the most recent examples was Oregons passing a right to die law, struck down by the congress most of whom were GOP and pro-states rights.  Also gay marriage has become a states rights issue, but those on the side of states rights are opposed to gay marriage.  Its a complicated matter that has been dissected but not solved by the greats from Jefferson, Adams, Madison and Hamilton
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This looks like a Middle School homework question.\n\nIn the US, Australia, Canada, Germany and Switzerland, the federal government is the national government. The national government is responsible for defense, foreign policy, etc.\n\nIn the US, Australia and Germany, the state governments come under them; Canda terms these provinces, Switzerland calls them cantons. These divisions have tremendous powers reserved to them, unlike more unitary states  such as France, Ireland or Austria.
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if u mean federalism...its like a cake layers where the government goes thruogh a series of checks and balances, with each layer intertwined and invoved on the next...thats why its known as a marble cake. YUM!!!