Our Founding Fathers went with a national government that would be strong enough to bring together all of the states as one, but not to strip them of their independence (N.A. n.d.). Had they not gone this route, the chances are the ratifying conventions in several of the states would not have approved the Constitution.
Some possible reasons for a federal system are, it creates a loyalty between the states, and its people, trying to run a country that covers almost 4 million squares mile from a central point would be tough, giving local people a chance to solve local problems is a lot easier, it gives people a chance to become involved in government, it also helps keep the states working, and running, if somehow someone, or a group of people managed to control the three branches of government.…