The purpose of federalism

The purpose of federalism is to explicitly state what the power of the national and state governments. This was because of Shay’s rebellion. During Shay’s rebellion the federal government was challenged by the state and the national government could not do anything about it because they had no power of a military. Then federalism came out and the things that the states could do was laid out and the things that the federal government could do was laid out and the powers that they both shared was laid out. This gave the federal government the power to have a centralized military and be able to take charge of states. States also have explicit powers,that the federal government does not have, such as the ability to give out licenses. However the federal government can regulate these powers with their ability to decrease funding to states if they don’t abide to the guidelines which the federal government sets.