Intro

Early in the history of the United States, the founding fathers wanted a government that was run by competent people. They wanted a government that would work together giving no one person or one group of people absolute power. Because of the need to have a diverse group of people with shared power running our government we have three branches, the executive branch, the judicial branch and the legislative branch. Each branch has powers that complement and negate each other. It is a checks and balance approach that works well for the people of the United States. The Legislative, Executive and Judicial work together, yet separate.

People

There are a lot of people running the government. There are the people in Washington DC called the Federal Government. They are usually the President, the Vice-President, the Senators, and the Congressmen. We have people in every state running the state with online games. In the state we have the Governors, the State Senators, and the State Representatives. There are various departments in the state. We have the local sheriff, the justice of the peace, and the local school boards. All of these people from the President down to the local school boards of education are elected by the people.