mind: don’t give anyone to much power. They saw how the king of England operated‚ and they were scared of it. Parliament‚ which was invented so that the king wouldn’t have to much power‚ had been dismissed along with its purpose. The founding fathers did not want that type of tyranny in the United States. They new they had to create a system of laws to keep the power in order. To do this‚ they created three separate-but-equal branches of government‚ along with a system of checks and balances to make
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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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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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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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In the United States there are three branches of government which includes: the executive‚ legislative and judicial. All three branches have a distinct and critical function in the role of the government. They were created in Articles 1 legislative‚ 2 executive and 3 judicial of the United States Constitution ( Trethan‚ 2012). The executive branch is headed by the President‚ and he makes laws official. It is the duty of the President to run the federal government; also the executive power is his
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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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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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When the colonist had first wrote the Constitution they created a system in the government that was made up of 3 branches with equal power. The first branch is known as the Legislative Branch or known as Congress their purpose is to make laws for the country also the branch is made of two groups the Senate and the House of Representatives. Every state has to elect two people for the Senate but the election only comes every two year and only one thirds of the seats come up for election to prevent
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