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The main reason that the division of powers helps to control the government is that it keeps any one area of government from holding too much power. It also makes the various levels of government work together for the common good of the people.
The division of powers doesn't enable the government to control the governed.
Politics is the effort to control or influence the conduct and policies of government. The federal system is a government that divides the powers of government between the national government and state of provincial governments.
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Baron de Montesquieu proposed dividing government into three branches to prevent one person or group from gaining control.