What kind of government did the United States have before federalism? Before the Constitutional Convention, the US government was a
- not a federal government.

The Articles of Confederation represented an opposite form of government, a confederation, which has a weak central government and strong state governments. In a confederation, the state or local government is supreme. The national government only wields powers granted by the states.

Explanation:

four sitting presidents have been assassinated while in office but the first was abraham lincoln,