The Constitution Protects Against Tyranny

Why America is not in tyranny because of the Constitution

Once upon a time, when the United States had just became an independent government, there were problems facing the United States government and its states. Under the previous constitution of the Articles of Confederation, The United States of America faced problems with their government until the United States government held what we now know as the Constitutional Convention. During this convention, the representatives from each of the states would help write a new plan for government that would help fix the previous problems of the Articles of Confederation. On September 17, 1787 this document was signed and ratified. This document is now known as the Constitution. How does the nation’s new plan for government guard against the abuse of power, or tyranny? The Constitution protects against tyranny by using the three policies of federalism, separation of powers, and checks and balances. The first method the Constitution uses to protect against tyranny is federalism and how this principle changed the roles of the central and state governments. Federalism is when the power to rule is divided between the national and state governments. According to Document A, government power is divided and shared between the nation and the states. For example, the policy of federalism gives

Separation of powers is the division of basic government into branches and that no one branch is given all of the power. According to Document B, if all powers of government are in the same hands it is tyranny. The separation of powers separates the legislative, judicial, and executive branches of government to make sure that there is no tyranny. This evidence helps explain how the Constitution guards against tyranny because the separation of powers separates the government into branches to make sure that one branch doesn’t have too much