One draw back to a direct democracy is that corruption would still exsist.
Federalism is a mix or compound mode of government that combines a general government with regional governments in a single political system is distinctive feature first embodied in the constitution of the United States of 1789, it’s a relationship of parity between the two levels of government established a can thirst be defined as a form of government in which powers are divided between two levels of government of equal status
Only the white wealth men could vote. Also the elite families dominated politics in that it was possible for many members of one family to serve on legislatures.