If you mean the U.S. Government:
1) Legislative-Makes the laws/makes the rules
2) Executive-Enforces the laws/makes sure the rules are followed
3) Judicial-Interprets the laws based upon the Constitution/makes sure the laws are legal
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The Constitution call's for the powers of federal government to be divided among the three separate branches: the legislative, the executive, and the judiciary branch.
The ancient Romans did not have three branches of government. Their government could be loosely divided into two branches, the Senate and the Roman People. SPQR. The Executive, Legislative and Judicial are an American innovation.
Power was divided among branches of government.
Power was divided among branches of government.
The Founding Fathers wanted to guard against tyranny, so the government was divided into the branches. It was believed that each branch would "check" the other branches so that no one branch became too powerful.