Tyranny Dbq Analysis

The unknown word, Tyranny

Tyranny is like type of torture over states. Living under this word would be like living in hell. What did James Madison do to stop Tyranny. In 1794, the amendments were created and were ratified in 1795. Believe it or not this was something that stopped Franklin Roosevelt from creating tyranny. These 11 through 27 amendments were made in a place called “United States” which many americans live nowadays. But really, how did the bill of rights (amendments) guard us from tyranny?

There are 4 documents of which I have found and I will talk about document A in this paragraph. This document talks about the same and shared powers throughout the states. James Madison clearly quotes that throughout America, people
are divided into two distinct governments, “state and federal.” “The different governments will each control each other, at the same time that each will be controlled by itself.” The powers given to the central government are, print and coin money, set up post offices, make immigration laws, declare war, provide an army and navy, conduct foreign relations, as well as regulate trade. They also share powers so it can be fair, such as, tax, borrow money, set up courts, make laws, and enforce laws. Really if you look closely at the shared powers they kind of balance out each other. And lastly, powers that are given to all states are to hold elections, set up local governments, establish schools, pass marriage and divorce laws, regulate in state business as well. As you can see so far this can help prevent tyranny because it gives each state the same power as everyone else.

The next document we will be analyzing is document B. In this document James Madison quotes that there are three branches of government, the Legislative, the Executive, and the Judicial. “The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self appointed, or elective, may be justly pronounced the very definition of tyranny.” Every legislative power herein granted shall be used by the congress of the United States, which shall consist of house representatives and senates. The executive branch consists of the president which shall only serve a term of four years. And also has the power to execute laws, if the law that the legislators make go that far. “He shall hold his office during the term of four years, and (serve) together with the vice president, chosen for the same term. The judicial branch has the power to decide (Supreme Court) whether or not the law is unconstitutional. They also have somewhat of a power to remove the laws. “The judges, both of the Supreme and the inferior courts, shall hold their offices during good behavior.” This type of system consists with something called “checks and balances” which we will talk about it in the next document, but this guards us from tyranny because the legislators make laws, executives executes the laws, and judicial decides whether the law is unconstitutional.

Moving on to document C, this document talks about the system of Checks and Balances.
This system was I will show examples of how this system works, such as the legislative branch overrides the executive by overriding the president’s veto. The executive branch can override the legislative branch because the president can veto congressional legislation. Executive over Judicial by the president being able to nominate the judges. The Judicial over executive by the court being able to declare presidential acts unconstitutional. The Judicial over the legislative by the being able to declare laws unconstitutional. Congress over the courts because the senate confirms the president’s nominations, congress can impeach judges and remove them from office. If you search up a picture of the Checks and Balances system you will then see how this system balance each other out. As James Madison once said, “The constant aim is to divide and arrange the several offices in such a manner as that they may be a check on the other.” Basically what he is saying is that each one of these positions check and balance each other out. So this is the second to last document, this system makes sure no branch is too powerful. And so far as you can see this system really helps with guarding us from tyranny by checking and balancing each other
out.

This next and final document we will be talking about document D: fairness and equality.
This document talks about the population of some states. Such as New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. ¨Representatives shall be apportioned, according to population.¨ ¨The state of New Hampshire shall be entitled to three, Massachusetts eight, Rhode Island ... one, Connecticut five, New York six, New Jersey four, Pennsylvania eight, Delaware one, Maryland six, Virginia ten, North Carolina five, South Carolina five, and Georgia three.¨ Every state shall be composed of two senators, and each state shall also have a random number of representatives. This was the last document as which you have read, now as you can see so far this also balances out because depending on the population they get a certain amount of
representatives.

How do the amendments guard us from tyranny? Well put documents A, B, and C together so you can then see how these guard us from tyranny. Document A is about shared powers between states and it shows how it protects us from tyranny. Document B is about the accumulation of all powers such as the Legislative branch, Executive branch, and the Judicial branch, it kind of goes into the checks and balances topic. Document C is about about the system of Checks and Balances which goes along with Document B, and this guards us by checking and balancing each one another. The last document is D, this is about the senators and representatives.