The Founding Fathers wanted to guard against tyranny, so the government was divided into the branches. It was believed that each branch would "check" the other branches so that no one branch became too powerful.
To act as a check on the power of the different branches of government, so that one of them can't become too powerful. The founding fathers feared a monarchy like the one they had just worked so hard to gain independence from.
The balance of power between the three branches of government is even, since the founding fathers wrote checks and balances into the Constitution. The congress makes the laws, which can be vetoed by the president. The congress can over rule the president, and the judicial system can rule the laws unconstitutional.
The founding fathers were more concerned about overreaching government power.
A basic strategy of the US constitution is the creation of 3 independent branches of government, which are the executive, the legislative, and the judicial. Each branch has some power to correct abuses committed by the other two branches, therefore it is hoped that this system will protect the public from government corruption.
The founding fathers separated the power to make, enforce, and interpret laws between different branches of government in order to prevent government becoming tyrannical.
The United States government has three branches because the Founding Fathers believed the branches would check and balance each other.
The Founding Fathers wanted to make it difficult for one person, party, or group to get control of the government.
The Founding Fathers wanted to establish a system of checks and balances. They created the three branches so that a single branch could not take over the government.
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The Founding Fathers wanted to guard against tyranny, so the government was divided into the branches. It was believed that each branch would "check" the other branches so that no one branch became too powerful.
so that we as United States would not become a tyrant like the king we where under when we where colonies
To act as a check on the power of the different branches of government, so that one of them can't become too powerful. The founding fathers feared a monarchy like the one they had just worked so hard to gain independence from.
like for self government
How did the mexican government react to the founding of liberty?
The Founding Fathers determined the United States government would consist of three branches at the Philadelphia Convention in 1787. The branches and their powers are described in the first three Articles of the US Constitution.
(in the US) Under the US form of government the three branches are "equal" in their inter-action with one another, which is what the founding fathers intended when they wrote the Constitution. Anything else would not be a 'representative' form of government.