Recognizing cause and effect explain this comment: much of the thought upon which present day democratic government rests began as a challenge to the theory of the divine right of Kings.

This comment goes back to when the US fought the British in the Revolutionary War.

When the Colonists won the American Revolution, the one thing that America didn't want was another king-like figure/government and have a repeat of George. That's why when the US first set up the Articles of Confederation, it didn't give power to the government to collect taxes, and most of the power lied with state governments. Because this didn't work, the US set up a democracy to make sure that no one person had to much power over another.

Thus, the system of checks and balances was born between the Legislative, the Executive, and the Judicial branches of government.

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