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 were tired of the way that the British was treating the Americans so they sought a way to change it. These men were strong‚ smart and independent
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Three Branches of Government There are three branches in the United States government; legislative‚ executive‚ and judicial branch. Each branch has a few duties they are responsible for. The three branches work independently and together depending on what is going on. All branches are very important to the people of the United States but a branch may look of the others. The Legislative branch is in charge or making laws. The President is in the Executive branch and is appointed as Commander in Chief
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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 founding fathers were writing the constitution‚ they really had only one goal in 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
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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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The Legislative & Executive Department of the Philippines Introduction: In the Philippines the executive department is the most essential core of the government. Governance is achievable even without assembly or legislature but ruling with no executive is near impossible. The executive is headed by a president‚ it is a department of government charged with the administration or implementation of a policy or law. In presidential system it is viewed as a weakling form of government in at
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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 these laws‚ and the judiciary interprets these laws. The legislative branch‚ otherwise known
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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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believe that our Founding Fathers who framed the Constitution wanted to form a government would not allow one person to have too much control over another. That’s why they wrote the separation of powers and set up three branches of government. The individual branches having there own responsibilities but working together all at the same time through checks and balances. I gather from our readings and videos that the United States Judicial Branch certainly is the most power branch of government. I believe
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The Legislative Branch is made up of the two houses of Congress—the Senate and the House of Representatives. The most important duty of The Legislative Branch is to make laws on a particular Bill‚ which are written‚ discussed‚ and voted on amongst Congress. In the Senate there are 100 senators‚ two from each state. Senators are elected by their states and serve six-year terms. The Vice President of the United States is considered the head of the Senate‚ but does not vote in the Senate unless
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