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Tyranny Dbq Analysis

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In 1787 the government realized that the articles of confederation were not good enough. Tyranny was avoided in different ways. After the realization the founding fathers decided to get rid of them and make a new one. Meaning, throw away the articles of confederation and start a fresh set of rules for the government. How did a new set of rules or paper protect itself from tyranny? The only way is to make changes and for them to be good. That will consist of federalism, separation of powers, checks and balances, and balancing power between the large and small states. One way the constitution protect itself from tyranny is federalism. Federalism is is the power given to states, to the central government, and powers the two share. The central …show more content…

from tyranny by diving the branches of government. The legislative branch should be completely different from the executive or the judicial branch (Doc B). This scares people from taking over the government because handling three different branches may seem like a lot of work. From this, the separation of powers protects us from tyranny. The constitution protects us from oppression by using checks and balances. In Document C, it says, other branch checks on each other to make sure they have all the same amount of power. They check by using their balanced power and agree or disagree with other branches have done. A branch may become overpowered which may cause tyranny to start. All in all, using checks and balances the constitution may help stop tyranny in the U.S. all the states have equal representation and that helps us from tyranny. In Document D it says that certain amount should not exceed for representatives and each senator should have one vote. These set of rules are to make sure that all states have the same amount of power, so they can have a say in the government. This is to ensure that no state will take control of another state. The people involved in government should not stay for long and gain too much

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