The U.S Constitution In 1787, a few years after America broke away from England, the constitution we use today was made. Before that, starting in 1777, the states operated under a government they called the “Articles of Confederation.” This government basically said that each state should have its own independence, and operate within their own government. After about 6 years, this government didn’t work very well, because of civil unrest, bad trade, and inflation. A group …showed first 75 words of 1198 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1198 total…the first ever example of that, with each state being operated under the central government. A centralized government is one with just a huge government that has all the power over one country. Our government is that as well, but this is a broad term. Dictatorships or monarchies are examples of other centralized but not federalized governments that have not worked very well. The U.S is both, and it works great under the constitution.