MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
CREATING STATE CONSTITUTIONS AFTER THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
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among the state governments.
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between the Congress and the president.
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among different geographic regions.
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between the federal government and the states.
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Detailed explanation-1: -At the national level, the Framers divided power between the three branches of government-the legislative branch, the executive branch and the judicial branch. This process of dividing power between different branches of government is called the separation of powers.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Framers believed that dividing power was the surest way to protect individual liberty and check against governmental excesses.
Detailed explanation-3: -This is called the “separation of powers.” By dividing power into three separate branches, the Founding Fathers hoped to prevent misuse of power. They also made a clever system of checks and balances to encourage the three branches of government to work together so that the government works for all of the people.
Detailed explanation-4: -Within the separation of powers, each of the three branches of government has “checks and balances” over the other two. For instance, Congress makes the laws, but the President can veto them and the Supreme Court can declare them unconstitutional.
Detailed explanation-5: -Two important aspects of the U.S. Constitution-federalism and the separation of powers-represent, in part, the framers’ efforts to divide governmental power. Federalism limits government by creating two sovereign powers-the national government and state governments-thereby restraining the influence of both.