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Why did the Framers of the Constitution create three branches of government?

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The Founding Fathers, the framers of the Constitution, wanted to form a government that did not allow one person to have too much authority or control. ... With this in mind the framers wrote the Constitution to provide for a separation of powers, or three separate branches of government.

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