The difference between a federation and a confederation
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If you want a historical example of a confederation, look for Articles of Confederation in US history. In short, the first government after the American Revolution was extremely weak and almost all power was retained by the states. After a series of crises that the weak central government barely handled (usually by having George Washington show up), the Constitutional Convention was gathered to create a blueprint for a stronger central government (a federation, to go back to the original question).
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