MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION THE GREAT COMPROMISE
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Checks and Balances
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Popular Sovereignty
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Great Compromise
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Shay’s Rebellion
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Detailed explanation-1: -checks and balances, principle of government under which separate branches are empowered to prevent actions by other branches and are induced to share power. Checks and balances are applied primarily in constitutional governments.
Detailed explanation-2: -Horizontal distribution of power among different organs of government, such as the legislature, executive and judiciary is also known as a system of checks and balances.
Detailed explanation-3: -To be sure that one branch does not become more powerful than the others, the Government has a system called checks and balances. Through this system, each branch is given power to check on the other two branches. The President has the power to veto a bill sent from Congress, which would stop it from becoming a law.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Doctrine of Separation of Powers Separation of powers is the division of the legislative, executive, and judicial functions of government. Since the sanction of all three branches is required for the making, executing, and administering of laws, it minimises the possibility of arbitrary excesses by the government.