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Tyranny Dbq Essay

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No tyranny for us, please! Mercedes Ybbarra Wouldn't you feel upset if the president could do whatever he wanted and we could not have a say in it? In May of 1787, in Philadelphia, delegates came together for a Constitutional Convention. This was held to revise the Articles of Confederation and write a new constitution, without having tyranny. Tyranny is when one or multiple person(s) holds too much power. How did the constitution avoid absolute power in one or many people? The constitution guarded against tyranny in 2 ways: Separation of powers and the Great Compromise. The first step to avoiding absolute power was making a separation of powers. Separation of powers was when the framers were concerned about tyranny, so they decided to split the government up into 3 branches so the power was divided. The legislative branch, which is Congress (House of Representatives and the Senate), is responsible for making the laws. The executive branch, which is the President, is responsible for carrying out the laws. The judicial branch, which is the courts, is responsible for interpreting the laws (Doc B). Since the government is split up like this, there is no way one branch could hold too much power, which means tyranny is avoided by doing this. …show more content…

The Great Compromise was the compromise that large states and small states would have an equal say in things, but we could still make decisions without having issues on an agreement. According to document d, the legislative branch would be split up into two houses and would be bicameral. The House of Representatives would count votes by population. The Senate would count votes by two senators per state. With this, larger states could not rule over smaller states. This allows the votes to be equal, but we would be able to make new laws without getting into a huge

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