The Progenitors; why they did it that way

The government exists for the sole purpose of serving the people, the government does not exist to rule the people.

Our government when following the dictates laid forth in the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence derives it's power to do it's specified duty through the three branches, the Legislative branch makes the laws, the Judicial branch reviews the laws to ensure compliance with the Constitution, and the Executive branch exists to run the daily business of the government, that is their functions, any variance to these conditions is cause for review, or replacement of the offending branch.

The reviewing entity, the "Fourth Branch" The People.

The final authority in the United States of America is the people, it is they who say yea or nay to the sitting government. The Supremacy of the people is preserved throughout the all the documents and papers used in the formation of the "Government by the People."

The Preamble of the Constitution reads: "We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the common welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.". This makes it absolutely clear that the government's sole purpose is to serve the People and for no other purpose.

Our progenitors went to great pains to ensure that, through the separation and balance of powers that no branch of government would ever become dominate and become a force that rules the People instead of serving the People.

Now why would they put in so much effort to establish a government under these standards?

America, originally a colony of England did everything possible to distance themselves from the King and his church of England. Our country was settled by people seeking freedom and liberty, we became that people and we were fed up being subservient to the King of England, our collective dream was that of a place where the people were King. There were of course struggles in fulfilling this dream, some were still tied to the monarchy, some were tied to those who still served that monarchy. there were scuffles aplenty. Some of these scuffles escalated to the point of intervention. The causative agents, money, taxes, status of individuals, and of course the antagonistic people who did nothing but "Stir the Pot." You know, the same stuff we see today. Now how did they succeed where today we just see posturing, threats, and use of force in escalation?

Ladies and Gentlemen the answer to that is simple, the People, the ones who fled oppression, the ones who fled from torture, wrongful imprisonment, the ones who were continually stripped of their possessions, the people who were shot for fun, the people who had their livelihood stripped away for want of more profit. does any of this sound familiar? Our fore fathers worked and slaved to bring forth a country where the fundamentals were respect for self and others, pride in your accomplishments, hope for a better future for our posterity, and the opportunity for this to happen according to our efforts.

Now, here's a simple question for you, did it work, equally simple answer YES! To those who would take exception to that, explain this, How did the United States of America become the world power we were before you got there, how did the United States of America become trusted throughout the world before you got there, how did the United States of America become a friend to those in need before you got there. Here's another question for you ankle bitters, how did the United States of America rise to it's position in the world in 237 years when all others took aeons to accomplish the same thing, and all this happened before you got there, how did that happen.

Here's the answer, the one and only answer. It was accomplished BY THE PEOPLE because you see no government exists with out there being people of a like mind, and that is why our Progenitors did what they did, so we could do what we have to to ensure that our legacy is as good for those who follow as theirs was for us.