What is the purpose of checks and balances among the branches of government ?

In the declaration of independence, the colonists listed the complaints against the british government to prove they were being treated unfairly. what was one complaint in the declaration of independence?

The constitution protects the rights of citizens by limiting the power of government

How did the life of sharecroppers affect their children? children went to school because the farms were small, with little work, children had to work on the farm, so they rarely went to school children learned skilled professions as they worked around the farm. children left home when they became adults because the land wasn't theirs.