DNA Strands of Federalism
**Italicized phrases are the DNA Strands**
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In the Articles of Confederation (1777), it is said that Congress has different powers that states do not. Some of these include Congress made war and peace, Congress could send and receive ambassadors, Congress could set up a money system, Congress could build a navy, and States were responsible for protecting life and
property and were also accountable for promoting the general welfare and other
powers not granted to Congress. Each one of these examples show that Congress had more powers than the states did, even though the states had their own "set" of power.
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In the Virginia Plan (1787), it states that representation in each house was to be based
either upon each State’s population or upon the amount of money it gave for the
support of the central government and that Congress was to have the power to use force if
necessary to make a State obey national law.
These both apply to federalism because it shows how local, smaller governments are created to divide the power from Congress.
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The Stamp Act of 1765 required the use of tax stamps on all legal
documents, the use of tax stamps on certain
business agreements, and the use of tax stamps on newspapers. These three examples apply to federalism because these laws only applied to British America. Colonies that were not part of this didn't have to abide by this set of rules. It shows how federalism separates local governments from the central gov't.
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