Division Of Power

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Division of Power
The Concept of Division of Power is present in the early histories of the world such as the ancient Greeks and the Romans and later the Early British government. During the time of the British Government you can see it in the Original Thirteen Colonies who later on break away from the British Government to establish there own form of Government. The early Greek Democracy was a rule by the people and had no kings or tyrants that were present in the government and was not a one man rule. Later after the Greeks during the 100B.C. the government of democracy spread throughout the country such as to Rome and the Mediterranean region. This was probably a sign that the early forms of government were starting to develop in the European world. After the Romans had perfected some of the method from the Greeks, the signing of the Magna Carta and the transition into the British Parliament system which had caught on to the ideas of Democracy and was using it to govern them as well which we see today. Than soon after the British it was the Early Settlers in the New World. The Framers of the Constitution were believers of division of power so after the war between the British, and when they were drawing up the constitution they had put there thoughts of a not all powerful government but a form of government divided among the states and the national government. Division of Power is the division between the state governments and the national government. The powers that are given and the powers that are denied to one another, and the powers that they share with one another.
The Greeks were, during the ancient time, was one of the most well educated people in the world and was advancing in the fields of science, art, philosophy, and of course in government. The Greeks based most of there knowledge on government in ties with there philosophy. In the Athenian Democracy not everyone could vote only the pre-dominant male (as always in hist...