As a check and balance... harder for a Tyrant to take over when he doesn't command everyone in the government.

Hello r:

They liked the checks they provide on one another.

excon

Homework?

What was the situation in the country they came from?

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What was the situation in the country they came from?

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The founders? Most of them were born in the American colonies. Those that weren't came from a number of countries. Which one are you asking about?

If you mean Britain, it has, and had, a parlamentary system. In such a system, the government is composed of ministers who are also members of the legislative body (the Parlament). And the highest court in the realm is also a legislative body (House of Lords). Or that's the way it was back then anyway.

Your point?

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The founders? Most of them were born in the American colonies. Your point?

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Wikipedia: "Virtually every one had taken part in the American Revolution; at least 29 had served in the Continental Army, most of them in positions of command."

The Church of England? Theocracy?

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The Church of England? Theocracy?

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Except that the Church of England is not, and never was, a temporal government.

The Papal States, prior to 1929, or the Vatican City thereafter, would be a better example of what you're talking about. But any connection you may be thinking of between a theocracy and separation of powers is obscure. Perhaps you are thinking about "separation of church and state". That's an entirely different concept.