Government is the process by which groups of people get their authority to make decisions to serve and protect the interest of all. In America we have a Local Government, State Government and a Federal Government where the power to make decisions is divided between the three different levels. We will call them the three trees of Government.
Local Governments exist in each local area.
All 67 Florida counties have local governments that make decisions affecting the local area. State Government exists within each one of the 50 states. This type of government has the power to make bigger decisions for the people about matters that pertaining to entire state. Federal Government helps ALL the states work together to keep our country strong and organized. These Branches work together to support the tree of government and gives the power to the people to select the leaders in each branch.