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Prevent any one part of government from having too much power .
Prevent any one part of government from having too much power.
It tried to prevent the accumulation of power into a single arm of the government by creating three arms each with specific but limited power.
To strengthen the power of the central government. The preceding Articles of the Confederation gave too much power to the states, and left too little power to the central government, as shown by Shays' Rebellion. A stronger central power was necessary, and thus the Constitution was born.
The three-branch system established a strong central government without giving too much power to any one group.