States’ government there are three very important branches; the legislative branch‚ the judicial branch‚ and the executive branch. In order to keep each branch from having too much power they are all given their own role. However‚ because the government is basically just the rules of the game in America the executive branch is given the most power. As stated in the constitution‚ the executive branch basically enforces the laws of government therefore giving it the most power of all the branches. The
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The initial three articles of the U.S. Constitution require the forces of the central government to be isolated among three separate branches: the administrative‚ the official‚ and the legal branch. Under the partition of forces‚ each branch is free‚ has a different capacity‚ and may not usurp the elements of another branch. In any case‚ the branches are interrelated. They coordinate with each other and furthermore keep each other from endeavoring to accept excessively control. This relationship
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We have 3 branches of government because we didn’t want monarchy. The U.S. Constitution stated that the U.S. should split the power. So we split it into 3 branches so 1 branch wouldn’t get all the power. The United States of America is a democracy (an indirect democracy or republic‚ to be specific). The citizens of the country can attend fair elections. The power of the government is in the hands of the people or in the hands of elected representatives. The Executive Branch is the highest branch
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From the beginning of time there has been thousands of people that helped shape the way the world is today. From help shaping the foundation of American culture to the way the government runs and the laws we have in place. The first group of people that started it all was our founding fathers‚ who created many documents that we still abide to today. A few of these men were George Washington‚ John Jay‚ John Adams‚ Alexander Hamilton‚ James Madison‚ Thomas Jefferson‚ and Benjamin Franklin. These men
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A limited government is imperative to‚ not only the freedom‚ but the success of a country. The revolutionary war‚ as well as the civil war‚ was fought because one side thought the government needed to have more restrictions then it already did. Are government was designed with an intricate system of checks and balances that made us the country we are today. These checks and balances give us our freedom by limiting our government. How? Because our founding fathers knew that man is fallen‚ and
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forming the new system of government for America‚ the framers of the Constitution understood early on that if they were not careful‚ any one group could abuse the power bestowed upon them. In order to prevent this potential exploitation from occurring the framers were certain to build a systems of checks and balances. Within this system rests the three branches of government. They are the executive‚ the legislative and the judicial branches. Each of the three branches is responsible for its own
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Three Branches of Government In 1787 leaders of the states gathered to write the Constitution –a set of principles that told how the new nation would be governed. The federal convention convened in the states house (Independence Hall) in Philadelphia on May 14‚ 1787 to revise the Articles of Confederation. Through discussion and debate it became clear by Mid-June that‚ rather than amend the existing Articles‚ the convention would draft an entirely new frame of government. All through the summer
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From the failures of the Articles of Confederation‚ the US Constitution was born. The Constitution is a massive form of US government‚ it explains the three branches of government‚ which enforce order and harmony in the government. The US Constitution clarifies the extents of power‚ abilities‚ and duties each of the three main branches of government has. Each branch of government balances each other’s powers and abilities‚ keeping the other in check. The legislature makes the laws‚ the executive enforces
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Constitution of United States created three branches of government which could develop laws‚ executes those laws and interpret those laws. Furthermore‚ the founders of the Constitution safeguarded the power that these branches could muster through the concept of separation of powers‚ which created checks and balances to prevent one branch from gaining too much power (Teacher‚ 2013). These three branches are the Legislative‚ Executive and Judicial branches of our government. The legislative branch is
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The American government is the glue that holds the United States together. If it were not for the government‚ then the United States would be complete chaos. There are three major branches that carry out all of the functions of the government. Those three branches include the Executive‚ Legislative and Judicial branches. The Executive branch includes the President of the United States‚ the Vice President‚ the cabinet‚ 15 different departments and other agencies. The main purposed of this branch
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