Which of the following describes the delegation of power in a federal system of government? Power is shared between the national government and the state governments.

Power is shared between the national government and the state governments. The Tenth Amendment is a key driver of dual federalism.

The powers of Congress have been extended through the elastic clause of the Constitution, which states that Congress can make all laws that are “necessary and proper” for carrying out its duties.

The Articles of Confederation created a Nation that was “a league of friendship and perpetual union,” but it was the state governments that had most of the power under the Articles, with little power given to the central government.

A unitary system has the highest degree of centralization. In a unitary state, the central government holds all the power.

The type of government a nation has can be classified as one of three main types:

• Democracy.
• Monarchy.
• Dictatorship.

Despotism. A system in which the laws and resources of a nation are controlled by one individual, usually a monarch or dictator, who holds absolute political power.

The governance of nations differs significantly based on who has power. This lesson will differentiate five forms of government: monarchy, democracy, oligarchy, authoritarianism, and totalitarianism.

San Marino claims to be the oldest constitutional republic in the world, founded on 3 September 301, by Marinus of Rab, a Christian stonemason fleeing the religious persecution of Roman Emperor Diocletian. San Marino’s constitution, dating back to 1600, is the world’s oldest written constitution still in effect.

San Marino

For example, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, also known as North Korea, is widely considered a dictatorship and not a republic. Additionally, some of the world’s republics do not have “republic” as part of their names. An example of this is the United States.

First Republic of France

There have been five republics in the history of France: French First Republic (1792–1804) French Second Republic (1848–1852) French Third Republic (1870–1940)

France and the United States are rightly considered the birth places of modern democracy.

22 September 1792

Louis XVI

The newly elected assembly was called the Convention. On 21 September 1792 it abolished the monarchy and declared France a republic. A republic is a form of government where the people elect the government including the head of the government.

Due to internal instability, caused by hyperinflation of the paper monies called Assignats, and French military disasters in 1798 and 1799, the Directory lasted only four years, until overthrown in 1799.

In Revolutionary France, the Legislative Assembly votes to abolish the monarchy and establish the First Republic. The measure came one year after King Louis XVI reluctantly approved a new constitution that stripped him of much of his power.

1792

During the French Revolution, the proclamation of the abolition of the monarchy (French: Proclamation de l’abolition de la royauté) was a proclamation by the National Convention of France announcing that it had abolished the French monarchy on 21 September 1792.