Power is the force, strength and capacity to alter the course of events. It can have a crucial impact on a government and the citizens living under that government. When the Revolutionary war ended, the new nation had to attained various political, social and economic changes. Colonists were no longer ruled under the British government and loyal to the king. The experience of living under a tyrannical government made the newly established states worried about the amount of power given to the government. The constitution has granted many rights to the people and there are certain circumstances where the government has tried to take them away. Over the course of our nation there has been debates and wars based on weather the government has
