1. The primary difference in the roles of citizens in government, among the federal, the confederation, and unitary systems is that all have different ways of letting citizens participate in the government. The Confederation and federal systems let citizens directly participate with the government, that is more than the unitary system. Federal systems let citizens vote for representatives while confederation systems let citizens be more involved with state governments. Last but not least, unitary systems do not let citizens participate, leaving everything up to the government itself.
  2. I understand the system of division of power as a system that checks each other out. To me these systems work together and against each other to maintain the balance of the government. 
    3. The federal government shapes the actions of state and local governments because the local and state governments can only do as much as they are permitted. State and local governments always end up getting affected by the laws passed by the government because it is all up to what is agreed by the three branches. The federal government influenced the action of state and local governments during the COVID-19 pandemic because when stimulus checks were sent out to citizens it came from the federal government. It was used to stimulate the economy around the country.

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