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    The U.S. government was created in three branches‚ the executive‚ the judicial and legislative. The government felt that this division of power would check and balance them. The legislative branch or the law-making body of government is broken up in power between the Senate‚ and the House of Representatives. The executive branch‚ headed by the president of the United States takes care of most of the decision-making needed in passing laws‚ and policies. The judicial branch‚ determines what is legal

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    reasons our forefathers divided the government into the legislative‚ executive‚ and judicial branches? The reason that our forefathers divided the government into three separate branches was because they planned to implement a democratic government that would work to serve the citizens and not regulate them. In other words‚ the forefathers wanted to devise an organization where no single individual or assembly would have too much authority. The three branches; judicial‚ legislative‚ and executive

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    Constitution‚ Declaration of Independence‚ Bill of rights and similar documents written in that period‚ I believe that the federal government by the extent of the people have not accomplished the goals of the American Revolution. These goals were set by our founding fathers. I believe the founding fathers had a different idea in mind that what the federal government has today. Many things have changed including the people have changed since our founding fathers time. In the Declaration of Independence

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    Branches of Government Paper Brandy N. Serrano HIS 301 May 28‚ 2012 Bruce Franklin Branches of Government Paper This paper will discuss the three branches of government Legislative‚ Executive‚ and Judicial. This paper will first cover the history of the three branches how did it start and what each branch controls. The second piece will cover how the branches interact with each other and the success and balance of each of the three branches. The last two parts of the paper will cover conflict

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    reasons America’s forefathers divided the government into the legislative‚ judicial‚ and executive branches? How does this benefit the three branches? In the beginning before the Constitution was drafted‚ the founding founders were concerned about how to solve the issue of a weak central government. The Federalists and the Anti-Federalists had different ideology and views in regard to the issues at hand‚ but had the common goal of ensuring the government would be protected against any assembly

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    Which branch of government do you think is the most powerful and why? I believe the most powerful branch of government is the Legislative Branch‚ because of the power it processes to keep checks and balance on the other two branches of government. There are two different houses in the legislative branch‚ the first is the house if representatives and the senate. The House of Representatives consists of 435 members elected from all 50 states‚ the District of Columbia‚ and the United States territories

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    Running head: THE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT The Branches of Government Alicia Sanders University of Phoenix His 301 The Branches of Government Ever wonder how our government works? The government was divided into three branches: the legislative‚ executive‚ and judicial. What were the reasons our forefathers divided the government into these branches? Each branch works together as a whole by a system of checks and balances in order for the government to be run properly and no one branch

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    Three branches of government In 1787‚ the leaders of the states gathered to write the Constitution. They wanted a strong and fair national government. They did not want one person or one group of people to have too much power. While under control of the British‚ they learned having too much power could cause trouble. So‚ the delegates wrote the Constitution to provide separation of powers which is the three separate branches of government. This separation balances the branches and keeps any of them

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    A limited government is imperative to‚ not only the freedom‚ but the success of a country. The revolutionary war‚ as well as the civil war‚ was fought because one side thought the government needed to have more restrictions then it already did. Are government was designed with an intricate system of checks and balances that made us the country we are today. These checks and balances give us our freedom by limiting our government. How? Because our founding fathers knew that man is fallen‚ and

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    The 3 Branches Research Paper In the United States we have three different branches that make up our government. The branches include: the legislative branch‚ the executive branch‚ and the judicial branch. Even though they are all part of the U.S. government‚ they all have separate powers and responsibilities. For example‚ the legislative branch is able to make a law‚ while the executive branch enforces that law. All of the branches are made up of many different people with their own rolls in the

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