Why did the Founding Fathers create separate branches of government? A. to make government more efficient
B. to enrich themselves
C. to imitate European governments
D. to prevent tyranny

i think it is D.to prevent tyranny or it could be A

Explanation: it just makes sense

nothing certain is known about what happened, but it seems that the country declined gradually, perhaps due to bad government, or, more likely, due to a series of bad harvests, which resulted in widespread and recurrent famine.