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they had bigg butts
Bill of Rights
Greece
There were several different political writings that influenced the Framers. These writing were from enlightment thinkers. Some of those works include, The Spirit of Laws, and the works of John Locke.
Beccaria
It was called the age of the Enlightenment.
They wrote and signed the Mayflower Compact.
executive power
The different political writings that influenced the framers were Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England, Montesquieu's The Spirit of the Laws, Rousseau's Social Contract, and Lock's Two Treaties of Government.
The Framers didn't have differing views on Presidential power; instead, they believed the Executive branch should be "checked."
The Framers didn't have differing views on Presidential power; instead, they believed the Executive branch should be "checked."
Little of the check and balance system that protected the British citizens in Britain itself extended to the colonies. Not wanting to exchange an authoritarian abroad for one at home, the framers wanted to avoid a government where the executive could rise to that same level of power.