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The federal system was not the only alternative available to our founders for organizing the relationship between the central government and the states. In fact, as we know, it wasn’t even their first choice as a framework for government. The Articles of Confederation, which preceded the Constitution, handled the relationship quite differently. We can look at federalism as a compromise system that borrows some attributes from a unitary system and some from a confederal system. Had the founders chosen either of these alternatives, American government would look very different today.