1. Describe the primary differences in the role of citizens in government, among the federal, confederation, and unitary systems.

As described in reading 3.1 when it comes to citizen in government, among the federal, the government is broken up into two sectors in which citizens are the ones who chooses who they want to represent the sectors. This done is through voting. With the unitary system the subnational government is dependent on the national government. With this system the citizens relies on the government and allows them to make the decisions. With the confederation citizens are the ones that are in control due to the authority being concentrated to the states.

1. Briefly explain how you understand the system of division of power.

My understanding of division of power is no one entity holds all the power. The power is divided amongst other branches which all needs to come together to create on power. For example, we have the judicial, legislative and executive branches that holds power in different parts of the government.

1. How does the federal government shape the actions of state and local governments? Write your answer based on doing a bit of research on how the federal government has influenced the actions of NY state and local governments, during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The federal government can either allow the state and local govs to make decisions for themselves but when the decisions made are not helping the federal government can come in and impose a rule that the state and local gov has to follow. For example during covid states had the opportunity to regulate covid-19 policies but when Covid began to worsen the federal government imposed a lock down nationwide.