| A | B |
|---|
| Confederal system | EU, AOC, Confederate States of America |
| Unitary | All dictatorships and some democracies |
| Federal | US, Brazil, Mexico, Canada |
| Sovereignty means.. | the authority to govern itself |
| system with weak national govt & powerful states | Confederation |
| system in which all power is held at national level | Unitary |
| system power is divided between central & regional govts. | Federal |
| it was too week to deal with national problems | Articles of Confederation govt. |
| Rebellion that exposed weaknesses of Articles of Confederation | Shays' Rebellion |
| European Union | Confederal government |
| Articles of confederation | gave most power to individual states rather than a national government |
| reason framers rule out a unitary system | Revolution was against a tyrannical unitary gov |
| the whiskey rebellion demonstrated | the new federal system could enforce the rule of law |
| essays written by federalists to build support for federal system | federalist papers |
