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Key Questions
1. What is state government?
2. What are the threemain
branches of our state
government?
3. What are the functions for the
branches of state
government?
4. What are themain differences
between national and state
government?
KeyWords & Places
Susquehanna River
Harrisburg
General Assembly
governor
veto
budget
lieutenant governor
attorney general
treasurer
auditor general
jury
State Supreme Court
Chapter 10
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Our State
Government
Y
ou have learned about our national
government. It should be a cinch to
learn about our state government!
There are few differences inhow both kinds
of government are organized and operate.
There are 50 states in the United States of
America. Each statehas its own constitution.
The Pennsylvania state constitution works
much the same way as our national
constitution. It is a written plan of how
governmentwill operate in the best interests
of its people. The first stateConstitutionwas
created in 1776 — before our national
constitutionwas created in 1787.
Our state government is located in
Harrisburg
along the
Susquehanna
State Capitol building inHarrisburg.
