Why did Americans adopt a theory of checks and balances?

A) Christians support the new theory.
B) Antifederalists supported the movement.
C) The system would allow the government to become tyrannical, which would allow for more decisiveness.
D) Americans realized that legislative supremacy did not guarantee good government.

Checks and Balances

A fundamental principle of the U.S. Constitution designed to ensure that no single branch of government becomes too powerful, enabling each branch to limit the powers of the others.

Legislative Supremacy

The concept that the legislature is the supreme branch of government and its laws, within constitutional limits, are unchallengeable.