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State constitutions
State constitutions
Unification of Powers was the provision of governing that was in the individual state constitutions.
A. the powers were closely limited.
separation of powers-state constitutions had several branches of government go apex kids:]
State constitutions.
State constitutions follow the federal constitutional government by dividing into three branches for checks and balances to make sure that power is divided.
Some common feature of the first state constitutions were:Popular SovereigntyLimited GovernmentCivil Rights and LibertiesSeparation of Powers and Checks and Balances
Some common feature of the first state constitutions were:Popular SovereigntyLimited GovernmentCivil Rights and LibertiesSeparation of Powers and Checks and Balances
In writing state constitutions, Americans were well aware of the problems that had led to the Revolution. Colonists had been unhappy with governors appointed by the British Crown. Thus, the new constitutions minimized the powers of state governors.
Early state constitutions highlighted natural rights, and separation of powers.
To limit the powers so no one branch of the government has too much power.