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Why did John Locke think that the powers of government should be separated between branches?

A It keeps one brance of government from gaining too much power
B Separating power causes taxes to be lower
C It is too much work for one branch of government to have all the power
D It prevents the people from having a revolution

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a

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A: because they wanted to get away from having a king so they splinted among three branches.
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