Running head: WHAT WERE THE REASONS AMERICA’S FOREFATHERS DIVIDED THE GOVERNMENT INTO LEGISLATIVE, JUDICIAL, AND EXECUTIVE BRANCHES? 1

What were the reasons America’s forefathers divided the Government into legislative, judicial, and executive branches?

Dorthea Johnson

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November 8, 2012

James Halm

What were the reasons America’s forefathers divided the government Into legislative, judicial, and executive branches?

The main reason our America’s forefathers divided our government into three branches was because they thought every man had the capacity to be corrupt, or was corrupt and they also wanted to avoid tyranny. Tyranny is defined as, having the capacity to be authoritarian or to just be authoritarian ruler. To separate powers is a consequence that the forefathers took so they could try and avoid tyranny. “The foundation of our republican form of government is the notion of “separation of powers”. “ “ In the legal field, this is called “the separation of powers doctrine”.”The U.S. Supreme Court confirmed the purpose of the