The Articles of Confederation created this system of government in the United States in 1781. The independent states hold the majority of the power and the central government was weak.
The US Constitution changed
this system to a system in which the power is shared between the federal government and the states.
What system of government did the US have under the Articles of Confederation and how did it change based on the Constitution?
The system of the government in the US evolved from a direct democracy to a representative democracy
The system of the government in the U.S. evolved from federalism to a confederal system
The system of the government in the US evolved from a unitary system to federalism
The system of the government in the U.S. evolved from a confederal system to federalism.