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When the founders of the United States gathered to create the foundations of the country, they decided on three branches of government, with a president central to the executive branch. Kenneth C. Davis explains why this decision was not necessarily inevitable and what variables were up for debate.

Lesson by Kenneth C. Davis, animation by G. Melissa Graziano-Humphrey.

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