The constitution was signed on September 17,1777. It established laws and showed the basis of how the government would work. The six key principles of the constitution prove that the constitution guards against tyranny in showing how checks and balances, the separation of powers, and popular sovereignty keep things equal and do not give too much power to one small group or person.
For starters, checks and balances is the principle that allows national institutions to check each others powers. In document three, the venn diagram shows an arrow going in and an arrow leaving all three of the branches of government. This shows that the three all work together and check each other out. It shows that none of the process could be fair without …show more content…
The separation of powers is between branches of the national government. In a letter written to James Madison, Thomas Jefferson talked about the three branches of government and then he explains to him that, “The principle of the Constitution is that of a separation of legislative, executive, and judiciary functions except in cases specified”(document 2). This shows how the constitution guards against tyranny because it shows the separation of powers in the branches is what keeps things going smoothly in the government forms of control and splits it as equally as possible. Thomas Jefferson was also one of the founding fathers, he even wrote the declaration of independence and later he was the third president of the United States. His past affects his anti tyranny and his view on the separation of powers being crucial to that because he had a lot of history in working in the government so he knew just how helpful the organization between the branches, beneficial it can be to compromise, and how helpful it is for the people. Another time we see separation of powers is in the venn diagram in document 6. It shows the split between powers given to government and powers given to the states. The central governments and the state governments have their own powers but they also share powers. For example, one of powers given to the government is to regulate trade, while on the other hand one of the powers given to the states is to set up local governments and hold elections. This shows an example of separation of powers because it shows the split of what the government is in charge of versus the
For starters, checks and balances is the principle that allows national institutions to check each others powers. In document three, the venn diagram shows an arrow going in and an arrow leaving all three of the branches of government. This shows that the three all work together and check each other out. It shows that none of the process could be fair without …show more content…
The separation of powers is between branches of the national government. In a letter written to James Madison, Thomas Jefferson talked about the three branches of government and then he explains to him that, “The principle of the Constitution is that of a separation of legislative, executive, and judiciary functions except in cases specified”(document 2). This shows how the constitution guards against tyranny because it shows the separation of powers in the branches is what keeps things going smoothly in the government forms of control and splits it as equally as possible. Thomas Jefferson was also one of the founding fathers, he even wrote the declaration of independence and later he was the third president of the United States. His past affects his anti tyranny and his view on the separation of powers being crucial to that because he had a lot of history in working in the government so he knew just how helpful the organization between the branches, beneficial it can be to compromise, and how helpful it is for the people. Another time we see separation of powers is in the venn diagram in document 6. It shows the split between powers given to government and powers given to the states. The central governments and the state governments have their own powers but they also share powers. For example, one of powers given to the government is to regulate trade, while on the other hand one of the powers given to the states is to set up local governments and hold elections. This shows an example of separation of powers because it shows the split of what the government is in charge of versus the