How Did The Constitution Guard Against Tyranny

Have you ever wondered how our government came to be? Why there are all these branches and what powers they have over each other. Or why they were even created in the first place? The Constitution was written by James Madison in Philadelphia on September 17, 1787. The Constitution was written to protect United States against a cruel government. The government in England was a tyranny with only one ruler: the United States wanted power to be distributed to a number of people who can make certain decisions and rules So how did the constitution exactly guard against tyranny? Tyranny is defined as "cruel and oppressive government or rule". The Constitution guarded against tyranny in four ways which were Federalism, Separation of Power, Checks and Balances, and finally big states vs. small states.

The first document talks about how federal and local government had different powers. For example, the local government had more local problems like setting up schools, setting up local government and holding elections. But Federal government delt with problems that could affect the country as a whole such as regulating trade or declaring war. Federalism protects us against tyranny because it limits what can be done of a state level and what can be done on a federal level.

A second guard against tyranny was Separation of Power which means distributing power to 3 sections of government. Document B talks about how power in federal government was sectioned of into three branches which are Judicial, Executive, and Legislative branches. These branches had specific roles. For example, the president was a part of the Executive branch, and the Supreme Court was a part of the Judicial branch. Separation of Power protects against tyranny because it separates all power into three sections and only those people in the branch have certain