The founding fathers created three branches of government to ensure that no one person or group of people could amass too much power, they believed that balancing powers against the other two. For example, the president is named the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, giving him an incredibly powerful position in times of war, the framers of the constitution were worried that the president’s role was too powerful, and gave Congress a powerful set of checks and balances on the president’s war powers, Congress now has the power to declare war, not the president, this method stops any branch having too much power over one