(1) prevent tyranny by acting as a check on power
Branches of government ensures that no one person takes total control of the government. Each branch also has specific responsibilities giving each authority in the government.
Montesquieu was an Enlightenment thinker who believed a government would fall to tyranny when the government or ruler had no one to answer to. By creating a system of branched government, the ruler(s) have a check on their power and have to answer to another body of the government. This system was used in the US under the Constitution by creating three branches of power: executive, legislative, and judicial.
1. John Cabot arrives on the shores of Canada and claims the land for Britain in 1497.
2. After a series of battles, Cortés overthrows the Aztec Empire and claims Mexico for Spain, in 1521.
3.The Amadas and Barlowe expedition leaves England to explore the New World on 27 April 1584.
4. Champlain founds Quebec, in present-day Canada, the first French colony in the Americas in 1608.
5. The Spanish founds the city of Santa Fe in New Mexico in.
6. France founds the city of New Orleans along the Mississippi River.
Answer:
They make laws, but the judicial is the one that accepts them
Answer:
A democracy
Explanation:
Lincoln was describing a democracy. What he means by 'Of the people' is the composition of the Government. The government is made up of persons who come from the people. 'By the people' refers to the population who chooses those people who should be in government.
Lincoln was describing a government made up of common people who were elected by common people to serve their interests. This is a democracy.
Answer C.
They allowed European militaries to make deadlier weapons than ever before
