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Why did the Framers of the Constitution not want a king-like figure in the executive branch?



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Framers means the people who wrote the Constitution.
Executive branch means the part of government that enforces laws.

Group of answer choices

They had just escaped the control of Britain’s King George III and feared a monarchy

They wanted the president to have more power than the legislature

They believed that the president should not have any military power

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
They had just escaped the control of Britain’s King George III and feared a monarchy.

Explanation: The Framers distrusted concentrated, hereditary power after the colonial experience under the king, so they designed a limited, elected executive checked by the legislature and judiciary (separation of powers, checks and balances) rather than a king-like ruler.