He was so unpopular in New England because he is remembered for: (1) inhibiting representative government, (2) intruding in colonial customs, and (3) his domineering and officious behavior.
A) The federal government lost power over the states through the policy of new federalism.
The concept of New Federal was to transfer powers from the US federal government back to the state. The states were allowed to take a more active role in their own affairs. New federalism involves the federal government providing a block grant to the State to resolve social issues but in return, <span>the federal government would monitor outcome as well as provide broad discretion to the states for how the programs were implemented. </span>
