INGRIDXQUIRINOGO INGRIDXQUIRINOGO History Answered The US was founded as a federalist government. Federalism means which of the following? 1. There is a division of power in which individual states have a high degree of autonomy. 2.The government is centralized in a single center of power. 3.The US is run by a king or queen. 4.The central government has no power, it all resides with states.