Government Power

How do governments distribute power?

Three types of government
Unitary
Confederate
Federal

Unitary
Central government has all the power to make laws and decision for the people.

Unitary
Central Government
STRONG
Direction of power
Direction of power
WEAKER
States

Unitary
One central
Government controls
weaker states. Power is
not shared between states, counties, or provinces.

Confederation
Individual states make
their own laws and
decision and are
loosely aligned to a
weak central
government

Confederation
Central Government
WEAKER
Direction of power
Direction of power
STRONGER
States

Confederation
A organization of states that agree to follow a central government. Each
state makes its own laws.

Federal
Power to make laws and decision for the people is SHARED between central government and states

Federal
Central Government
EQUAL
Direction of power
Direction of power
EQUAL
States

Federal
Power is shared by a
Central Government and states that are given
self-rule.

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by Kelli Brooke