MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE BILL OF RIGHTS THE CONSTITUTIONS FIRST 10 AMENDMENTS
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To enforce taxes
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To ensure that King George III would not re-take the US
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To ensure that one person did not have all the power in our new government
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To ensure that one person holds all the power in the US
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Detailed explanation-1: -Whenever there is a concentration of power in one centre/authority, there is bound to be greater chances of maladministration, corruption, nepotism and abuse of power. This principle ensures that autocracy does not creep into a democratic system. It protects citizens from arbitrary rule.
Detailed explanation-2: -Under this rule the state is divided into three different branches-legislative, executive and judiciary each having different independent power and responsibility on them so that one branch may not interfere with the working of the others two branches.
Detailed explanation-3: -Separation of Powers means that the three branches of government are separated. The three branches are as follows:-the Legislative-the part that makes laws. the Executive-the part that carries out (executes) the laws, the Judicial Branch-the courts that decide if the law has been broken.
Detailed explanation-4: -What is the Doctrine of Separation of Powers? Separation of powers is the division of the legislative, executive, and judicial functions of government. Article 50 says that states shall take steps to separate the Judiciary from the Executive.