1. Citizens within federal, confederate and unitary government systems have differences with each other when it comes to their roles. In a federal government, citizens have the responsibility of registering and voting for elections as opposed to a unitary government where citizens have little to no say for their country. Additionally within a confederation citizens play no role.
  2. A division of power is simply a form of organization within a government structure. Unitary, federal and confederate systems are all organized in a way where the people, the states and the national government all are divided into different positions of power depending on what type of system one may be in.
  3. Federal governments shape the actions of state and local governments is through money. Specifically, actions are determined through the distributions of financial aid, grants and through the control of law. For example, at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the government allowed for “stimulus packages” which granted people up to $1,400 dollars in payment. Also, they were different laws in place due to COVID-19 such as being required to get a vaccine in order to access different areas that you may want to enter.

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