Three Branches of the American GovernmentThe origins of the American government are traced back to the struggle between the British colonists and the British monarch. The thirteen colonies were growing rapidly and had created their own political and legal systems. The British monarchy imposed a series of taxes on the colonists and ignored the colonies' argument that taxation required representation. After the legislature enacted a punishment to end self-government in Massachusetts, the thirteen colonies united in a convention that led to armed conflict in April 1775. The following year, on July 4, 1776, the Declaration of Independence it was adopted by congress and drafted by Thomas Jefferson, and the American government was born. The American government is a simple but complex system made up of three different branches: legislative branch, executive branch, and judicial branch. To understand how each of these branches works, it is essential to understand what a government is. Government is the institution through which a society sets and enforces its public policies. The American government is made up of three different branches: executive, legislative and judicial branches. Each of the branches is essential to government, as are the other two branches. Each branch plays an important role in ensuring that the other two do what they are supposed to do, as well as making sure their own tasks get done. Without these three branches the American government would be chaos. The American government is a simple yet complex system made up of three different branches: legislative, executive, and judicial branches. Legislative Branch The Legislative Branch was established by Article 1 of the Constitution.... ..in the midst of the document...... sent to the courts, yet issuing such a writ to an officer for delivery of a document is, in effect, the same as sustaining an original action for that document, and is therefore a question of original jurisdiction. Disposition, request for writ of mandamus denied. Marbury does not get commission.Works Citedhttp://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/senators/a_tre_sections_with_teasers/leadership.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speaker_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives http://americanhistory.about.com /od /usconstitution/a/checks_balances.htm http://www.whitehouse.gov/our-government http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-fifth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_the_Union_address http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_the_Union_address http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_the_Union_address ://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/supreme-court-and-constitutional-interpretationhttp://www.lawnix.com/cases/marbury-madison.html