To prevent one branch from taking too much power, the Constitutional Convention set up a system of checks and balances

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To prevent one branch from taking too much power, the Constitutional Convention set up a system of checks and balances

executive branches

national courts

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To prevent one branch from taking too much power, the Constitutional Convention set up a system of "checks and balances", which stemmed from a "separation of power" between the three main branches of government: the executive, judiciary, and legislative.

To prevent one branch from taking too much power, the Constitutional Convention set up a system of checks and balancesexecutive branchesnational courts

To prevent one branch from taking too much power, the Constitutional Convention set up a system of checks and balances

executive branches

national courts