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     Once Upon A Time... 

There was a paper called the Articles of 

Confederation, and it made everyone very 

happy because they could spend their lives 

being peaceful to others. The Articles of 

Confederation joined everyone together. However, 

because of the Articles, the leaders couldn't do 

certain things. For example: they couldn't collect 

money from their friends. The Articles of Confederation's 

main purpose 

 was to set the rules for the United States.

One day, the leaders of the people 

gathered together. When they were 

together, they wrote something very 

important.   What they wrote were ways to 

successfully lead their friends. They 

wanted to be strong, but they also wanted 

to be fair. They believed that they could 

do both by having three different ways of 

leading. These ways were called the 

executive, legislative, and judicial.

 The Legislative branch has two branches, the 

Senate and the House of Representatives. The 

legislative branch also makes all of the rules, 

like how many terms a person can serve for 

president, and raising and lowering taxes  

to less important stuff like what time  

meetings should start. The legislative branch 

also has the power to repeal laws.

In the legislative branch there is something 

called a bicameral.   In latin this word means 

"two rooms". A bicameral is a two part 

legislature that separates the houses of 

congress. 

In the House of Representatives there are 435 

Representatives based on the population of 

each state.   In the Senate are 100 senators 

and 2 are assigned to each state.

If there is a tie in the Senate, the Vice 

President casts the deciding vote.

The power of the Executive Branch is about 

the President of the United States, who 

also acts as the leader of the state or 

Commander-In-Chief of the army. The 

president is in charge of making the rules 

happen by Congress and make the other 

leaders make it happen.

The Vice President is also part of the 

Executive Branch if the president needed 

any help or support. The cabinet makes 

sure that all of the rules are going to 

happen and that they are going to happen 

the right way.  

The different missions are spread out 

between lots of people and each of them 

have different responsibilities. The 

Executive Branch has more than 4 million 

people working for them.  

And then there is the 

Judicial Branch..

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