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1. Mata'y napapikit sa aking namasdan;
Apat na kandila ang nangagbabantay.
(Ang Pagbabalik ni Jose Corazon de Jesus)​

Ithink the answer is  -the colony was represented by the house of burgesses.i hoped is

They made a checks and balance system to equal power within the branches. the "check" meant that one branch would watch one branch and "balance" them if they were too powerful. if you want more info on this, i would just google checks and balance system.