Identify and Explain the devices the founding fathers built into the Constitution to ensure a limited
Identify and explain the devices the founding fathers built into the Constitution to ensure a limited government. The founding fathers wanted a strong, effective national government than what they previously had under the Articles of Confederation, but they also knew that the people would not accept too much centralized control. ... Free and fair elections were used in order to make public officials understand their limited constitutional power. ... This enabled each of the three branches of government to check some acts of the others and ensure no one branch could dominate control.