By: Abreham Debele

The American government system is set up in a way that makes sure that no single person or group can obtain too much power. After defeating Great Britain in the American Revolution, the leaders of the new country wrote the Constitution in 1787. The Constitution set up the country as a democratic republic. This allows regular citizens to vote for representatives who make laws and run the country.

To keep things equal, the government is split up into three different parts, or branches, which creates a system of checks and balances. This makes it so each part can stop the other parts from doing wrong.

The first branch is the legislative branch, which we know as congress. Their job is to make laws for the country. Congress is split into two groups, the senate, where every state gets two people, and the House of Representatives, where the states with larger populations have more representatives.

The second part is the executive branch, which is mostly led by the president. The president’s job is to enforce the laws that congress makes and enforces.

The final part is the judicial branch, this is the court system. The court that’s at the top is the Supreme Court, and its job is to make sure all laws are fair and abide by the Constitution.

America also has another system called federalism. This basically divides the powers between the main national government and the individual state governments. The national government’s job is to handle important tasks like printing money, national defense, and foreign policy. While the state government’s job is to issue licenses, enforce local laws, and running schools. The general job of the government at any level is to serve the people.