Dbq Essay On Checks And Balances

Ty·rant (noun) a cruel and oppressive ruler.When the colonies broke free from Great Britain they had to make a new government and they didn’t want it to be exactly like Britain. They needed to guard from tyranny for the new country.The Constitution helped to guard from tyranny because everything has balanced power, clear structures, and a series of checks and balances on each branch in the National Government.
Due to writing the Constitution our forefathers help to guard from tyranny for the new country for that day and for ever more.
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Everyone has balanced power because of reserved powers, no benefits, and checks and balances.Both National and State Governments have reserved powers for them,this helps because only National Governments
can regulate trade, declare war, print and coin money, and make immigration laws. State Governments can hold elections, establish schools, and pass marriage and divorce laws(Doc A). Another way that everyone has balanced powers is that neither large nor small states benefit in Congress.This helps with making sure that all the laws don’t benefit large states because the small states have power in the senate because every state has two senators.It doesn’t benefit small states because in the house of representatives the amount of representatives all matter on the population of the state (Doc D).Lastly,everyone has equal powers because of checks and balances.This helps because every branch has things to do with the other three branches,like the Executive Branch gets to nominate judges to the Judicial Branch and the Judicial Branch can declare presidential acts unconstitutional(Doc C).The fact that everyone has balanced powers helps to guard from tyranny due to reserved powers,no benefits ,and checks and balances.

Clear outlines of how things are to be run helps to guard from tyranny because of number of representatives every state gets and the amount of time people get to serve in office.First off,it says that every state gets two senators and various amount of house representatives due to the population of that state(Doc D).This helps by solving conflict in between large and small states because not the large nor the small run both houses of congress.Next,it says the amount of time that each position serves.This helps by having that position serving the amount of time that the are supposed to have and they don't serve too long or not enough time unless impeached(Doc B).Due to having clear outlines,the Constitution guards from tyranny because of having the number of representatives set out and having a set time that every position serves.

The Constitution has checks and balances and that helps due to having balanced powers,and having both senators and representatives to approve a bill for it to go on.Everything has balanced powers so congress gets to impeach the president and overrun a veto while the president gets to veto bills and approve judges(ex.)(Doc C).Both house and senators has to approve the bill,to get a bill to the president both the house and the senate has to approve the bill for that to happen.This helps because not just the large states will benefit from that if just the house did but not just the small states too so they have to work together(Doc B).Checks and balances help to guard from tyranny and equal power and having more than one house approve a bill.
The Constitution was built to set laws and to make sure that the new country was not treated like England treated them.The Constitution guarded from tyranny due to the fact that everything has balanced power, clear structures, and a series of checks and balances on each branch in the National Government.Our forefathers helped to guard for the government using their power in a bad way.Due to our forefathers writing laws and splitting power around branches our county was built the way that it was and it stopped our powered officials from being a
tyrant.