The  U.S.  Government

by: Angela  E.

The Three Branches...........Executive, Judicial,  Legislative

History

of

The Executive Branch

• For a long time now people all over the world have stood up to governments they were afraid of.

• In 1776 colonists of the British colonies decided to declare independence from Great Britain.

• To do this, they wrote a document called the Declaration of Independence.

•  The Constitution is a document that tells how the United States is governed.

• The Constitution was written by representatives of the thirteen states.

• Representatives of the 13 colonies risked  their lives to sign the Declaration of Independence. 

The Executive Branch

The President, Vice President, and members of the Cabinet...

• This branch is made up of the president, vice president, executive office and the cabinet which is made up of all the government's departments.

• The president is the leader of the executive branch.

• The executive branch makes laws which, of course, have to be approved by the leader [or President].

• The executive branch is very important to the National Government. 

The Judicial Branch

Order in the court!!!

• The Supreme court is the main part of the Judicial Branch.                                                                        

• The Judicial branch makes sure laws are working fairly.
• This branch was not planned in great detail by the Constitutional Convention. 
• The first women justice was Sandra Day O'Connor.
•  William O. Douglas served for 36 years [that was the longest serving term in history].

The Legislative Branch

• The Senate and the House of Representatives were made into two different houses in the 1700's because the north wanted a house based on population because it was much more populated than the south which wanted a house based on equal representation.
• Each state has 2 senators to represent them in the senate.
• Until 1913 the senators were chosen by the state legislators BUT that was until the 17th amendment was added to the Bill of Rights that said ''Senator Election and Number''.

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