The Constitution of the United States provides for l<span>imited government by ensuring there is a "balance of powers" and "checks and balances" between the three main branches of government, which ensures that no single branch can become too powerful and subsequently tyrannical. </span>
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott wrote the Declaration of Sentiments for the Seneca Falls Women's Rights Convention (1848) in upstate New York, deliberately modeling it on the 1776 Declaration of Independence.
