Why do we have co-equal branches of the federal government??

So no branch is overpowered.

Explanation:

If a branch is overpowered it would make one branch do all the work and the pepole learned that someone cant be too overpowered they learned this from king geogre who had too much power.

frederick william of brandenburg-prussia trained his son, frederick, to be a hardy soldier. but frederick disliked rifle shooting and horseback riding. unlike his father, he was interested in french literature. he enjoyed poetry and music and, like some others of the enlightenment, he scoffed at religion. his father thought him soft, frivolous and unmindful of his duties. and when frederick refused to put his signature on a right to succession, for a few moments his father strangled him.