The three branches of government are the legislative‚ executive‚ and judicial branches. All three have their own individual responsibilities and powers. These three were created so not one party would have all the power to prevent a dictatorship. They can also override‚ or have the power to cancel‚ what another branch is doing by way of vote. The legislative branch is made up of three groups; congress‚ senate‚ and the House of Representatives. Among other things they are in charge of creating
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eighteenth century‚ America was beginning to establish an identity for itself and a form of self government that would govern its own government and citizens alike in a systematic way. A system in which united the states of America into a unified state. For America was going through economic turmoil and power struggle after gaining independence from Great Britain after the American revolution. American citizens feared that if the government was given too much power‚ their own rights and liberty would be
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The writers of the constitution separated the major functions of the government by dividing the government into three branches. The three branches of government are legislative‚ judicial‚ and executive. The constitution also includes a system of checks and balances. Checks and balances and the separation of power use are very important in our government. The legislative branch is the branch that is in charge of making laws. It’s made up of both parts of the Congress‚ House of Representatives
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The American system of government is one that shares many characteristics of other democracies around the world. In fact‚ many modern countries have used the American system of government as a blueprint for their own. The three branches that make up the government‚ the legislative branch‚ the judicial branch‚ and the executive branch are features that can be found in one form or another in many different countries. The powers of each branch and the checks and balances that connect them are what gives
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Because this is the year that the most important system of our government was created. The 3 branches of government. I want people to know how the branches work‚ why they exist‚ and the different parts. By creating three separate branches of government‚ the founding fathers assured that too much power would not amass in the hands of a people- then and now. The executive branch is run by the most important person in the United States‚ the president. Today the executive branch would have about 500
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Summary The Constitution of the United States established the three branches of government‚ the executive branch‚ the legislative branch‚ and the judicial branch to assure that our government is doing their job and to protect the citizen’s rights. The executive branch has the main purpose of carrying out and enforcing the law. The executive branch has three main components‚ the president‚ the vice president‚ and the cabinet. The president is the leader of the U.S‚ the vice president assists the
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Preamble In order for the United States to form a more stable and perfect union‚ to establish justice‚ and to make a stronger government for the people and by the people a constitution is needed. This Constitution will make the courts better for all states‚ to have good living conditions‚ promote general welfare‚ and for us to have freedom along with all the next generations. All three branches of government will be directly responsible and obligated to carry out and serve the Will of the People
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British. Our main goal was to aspire freedom and have our own rights as citizens. After eight years of fighting in this war‚ our country won. The United States of America was born and our first goal was to find what type of government is best suited for the people. It was finally decided that we would have a republican and democratic government. With this decided‚ we created the first document to run our country‚ the Articles of Confederation. This document did not give the government enough power to help
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The U.S. government has three main branches. These three branches are the Legislative‚ Judicial and Executive. Each of these branches were made possible by the checks and balances in the constitution written by James Madison. Each of these branches all have a very specific job. As well as always needing to confirm with each branch so not one branch has too much power. The Legislative branch consists of the House of Representatives and the Senate. (whitehouse.gov) The constitution allows this branch
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fathers to create a fair well established republic and have a separation of power. There are three branches of the government the Legislative branch‚ Executive branch and Judicial branch. These branches were created to check each other and for no one to have total power. Each branch has certain responsibilities that are stated by the first three articles of the Constitution. I believe this type of government works. It has worked for many countries and has yet to fail. There are those who don’t believe
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