United States GovernmentThe United States has a deep-rooted, constitutionally entrenched tradition of having a federalist style of government as the structural framework for operating and guiding the nation's government . The form of government can be described as a balance between the powers of the central government and the powers of each independent and autonomous state. “Federalism is a system in which the power to govern is shared between national and provincial (state) governments, creating what is often called a federation” (Wikipedia 1). This style of governance was not the only structure instituted in American history in order to implement civilized law and order among the nation's population. Before the adoption of the United States Constitution in 1787, the American people and their respective states were governed by the Articles of Confederation. This document, adopted in 1781 by the American colonies officially transforming them into independent states and countries, gave the citizens of the new nation their first experience of independent liberty and organized government. In July 1776, the United Colonies were to develop a new Confederacy to declare war on England, which included the ratification of all 13 states and became the first "Constitution" (Klos 1). As the title of this historic document suggests, the style of government offered to the American people through the Articles of Confederation is that of a confederation. A confederate government consists of independent states that have overriding and uncontested sovereign authority over their affairs. The type of political system with which the founding fathers of the United States severed their colonial ties was that of a united middle of paper... notably better in any case than any other. However, careful consideration of the concepts and application of the confederal, unitary, and federalist styles of government is essential to leading the world in a direction that will bring orderly and civilized government to all countries. document.html?...Articles%20of%20Confederation (accessed June 30, 2010).www.pgcps.org/~croom2/Reading_Government%20Systems.doc (accessed June 30, 2010).www.usconstitution.net/csa. html (accessed June 30, 2010). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/federalism July 6, 2006 Klobs, Stanley L. Articles of Confederation November 15, 1777. July 6, 2010. http://thedeclarationofindependence.org/articlesofconfederation .com/Roskin, Michael G., Robert L. Cord, James A. Medeiros, and Walter S. Jones. Political Science: AnIntroduction, 11th edition.