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If the Founding Fathers were so concerned about a centralized government leading to a tyrant, why didn't they create some kind of executive council like Switzerland or Pennsylvania's original constitution instead of a single President?

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How much direct power did the Catholic Church have in pre-Reformation Scandinavia?

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If the Founding Fathers were so concerned about a centralized government leading to a tyrant, why didn't they create some kind of executive council like Switzerland or Pennsylvania's original constitution instead of a single President?	258
How much direct power did the Catholic Church have in pre-Reformation Scandinavia?	2