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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Three Branches of the Federal Government In May 1787‚ 55 delegates from 12 states‚ Rhode Island declined‚ met in Philadelphia for the Constitutional Convention. The purpose of the convention was to revise the Articles of Confederation‚ but what occurred was the writing of the U.S. Constitution. George Washington was unanimously elected as President of the Convention. After four months of deliberations Gouveneur Morris submitted the final draft and 39 of the 55 delegate present signed the Constitution
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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
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Government and Economics 9.17.15 The Three Branches of Government In 1787 leaders of the states came together to write the Constitution. A set of principles that says how the new nation would be governed. The leaders of the states wanted a just and strong national government. And they also wanted to protect the peoples rights and freedom and prevent the government from taking advantage of its power. They believed they could do this by having three seperate branches of government; the Legislative‚ the
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founding fathers knew that man is fallen‚ and evil. The only way to ensure freedom was to give more power to the people than to the government. The idea to have the three branches of government actually comes from the Bible. The Bible mentions Prophet‚ Priest and King‚ which correspond to the judicial‚ legislative and executive branches of our own government. Prophet being the legislative branch‚ who makes the laws. The Priest being the judicial branch‚ and making sure the laws do not contradict what
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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 executive branch is
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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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SOCIAL OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES INSTITUTE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION /DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES NAME : SELVAC HANG’ANDU COURSE CODE : PH 101 COURSE NAME : POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY COMPUTER NO. : 12116173 QUESTION : List and explain six differences and six similarities between the political philosophy of John Locke and that of Tomas Hobbes. Thomas Hobbes and John Locke were philosophers from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The two men both had very strong views on
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philosophy [fɪˈlɒsəfɪ] n pl -phies 1. (Philosophy) the academic discipline concerned with making explicit the nature and significance of ordinary and scientific beliefs and investigating the intelligibility of concepts by means of rational argument concerning their presuppositions‚ implications‚ and interrelationships; in particular‚ the rational investigation of the nature and structure of reality (metaphysics)‚ the resources and limits of knowledge (epistemology)‚ the principles and import of
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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 sure no one branch got more power than the other. The three branches of government are the executive branch‚ the legislative branch‚ and the judicial branch.
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