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Limitation of Power in the New Government of the U.S.A.
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Gideon Platt 7x History paper Mrs. Bernstein Limitation of Power in the New Government of the U.S.A. In 1776, awoke a new country, The United States of America. The English, whose government imposed high taxes and made unfair laws that the colonists resented, had previously ruled these new citizens. What particularly bothered them was that they had no representation in the English Parliament. After claiming independence, these new citizens of the U.S. needed a way to prevent their country from becoming totalitarian. They wanted a free country where people could vote and have a say in government and life. They designed a system called separation of powers, which prevented one person or small group of the government from taking away the freedoms and rights from the people. Nevertheless, that was not enough for the founding fathers and so they made yet another system of government called checks and balances, which allows...
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