constition against tyranny
Have you ever thought of what our country would be like if we had a dictator or a king? Well in 1787 a group of delegates for 12 of the 13 states met in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania to get together and try to better the country to guard against that. They ended up building the federal government so that there wouldn’t be any tyranny. It was also made to make sure that the government doesn’t become too much powerful. How do you think our rights were protected against tyranny by the constitution? Tyranny is when one person is given all the power to control a country of a government. The Constitution gurded against tyranny in several ways, which were federalism (doc A), separation of powers(doc B), checks and balances(doc C), and big states vs. little states(doc D).
The first guard against tyranny was Federalism (doc A), which means a system of government in which power is divided between a federal government and state government. The guard of federalism is shown one way in the constitution when they set up the compound government to make sure that the federal government doesn’t get to much power. The second way is when some responsibilities are given to the state government so that they can share the power equally. Federalism protects against tyranny because it ensures that the federal government doesn’t have too much say in what happens in the country so that they don’t become too powerful and do tyranny.
The second guard against tyranny was separation of powers which means that the government is separated into 3 branches so that they can spread out the power. This is effective because now 1 power is not more powerful than one other. One way that(doc b) shows the way that the constitution uses the separation of powers to guard against tyranny is when it has the people in the government that make the largest decisions able to serve for a term of only a few years. The separation of powers protects against tyranny because it makes sure that one branch of
The first guard against tyranny was Federalism (doc A), which means a system of government in which power is divided between a federal government and state government. The guard of federalism is shown one way in the constitution when they set up the compound government to make sure that the federal government doesn’t get to much power. The second way is when some responsibilities are given to the state government so that they can share the power equally. Federalism protects against tyranny because it ensures that the federal government doesn’t have too much say in what happens in the country so that they don’t become too powerful and do tyranny.
The second guard against tyranny was separation of powers which means that the government is separated into 3 branches so that they can spread out the power. This is effective because now 1 power is not more powerful than one other. One way that(doc b) shows the way that the constitution uses the separation of powers to guard against tyranny is when it has the people in the government that make the largest decisions able to serve for a term of only a few years. The separation of powers protects against tyranny because it makes sure that one branch of