Each branch of government controls a certain aspect of the other.
Legislative can restrict the policies of the executive and judicial.
Judicial can strike down legislation deemed unconstitutional, and undo executive decisions through rulings on their constitutionality.
Executive Orders can bypass legislative channels for more efficient decision making, and can nominate if not alter the Supreme Court along with taking part in it's processes. ( Some of this is my own interpretation. )
Jan 17, 1706 - Apr 17, 1790 (age 84)
A long drought is what I believe the answer is
The surrender concluded a standoff that began with South Carolina’s secession from the Union on December 20, 1860
