Branches of Government

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Branches of Government

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1 . What were the reasons our forefathers divided the government into legislative , judicial , and presidential branches

The Constitution is like a map that guides and controls the administration of the society . Thomas Jefferson , one of the founding fathers , said that the Constitution and the laws go hand in hand with the advancement of the mind , and as time goes by , it becomes more and more developed in to cope up with the changing of the times

. As much as the forefathers contributed a lot to the makings of the society they did not expect that the adoption of the Constitution would put an end to the country 's problems . The main goal of the Constitutional enactment was to create a peaceful and diplomatic form of government (Jackson , 1937

The forefathers wanted a democratic government which exists for the people and not to have dominion over them . They were very adamant to use the word national ' because it implies a centralized form of government which will have power over the states and this is the situation that they wanted to avoid . Instead , the founding fathers used the word federal ' form of government because this type of government is composed of a combination of all the states without running the risk of a centralized form of power . To further achieve their goal of equal distribution of powers and functions , they created the three branches of the government , each with...