The state is the basic organization determining the distribution of power in a given geographic area. The government is the mechanism that allows and controls its day-to-day operations.
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the relationship between a government and individuals is the they work together to make a country,state, or city
the relationship between the federal government and state governments is specifically laid out in the constitution
The policies of the president and Congress affect the relationship between federal and state government.
( Government 5.4.2 Test) The supremacy clause of the Constitution ensures that it overrules state constitutions laws that address the same matters.
The American Declaration of Independence not only suggests a particular relationship between government and governed; it out rightly declares what that relationship is or, rather, should be. Fundamentally, the relationship is consensual; that is, government rules over the governed only by the consent of those who are governed.