The Constitution divides federal power between three branches in order to: A. limit the federal government's power over individuals.
B. allow different states to control different branches.
C. prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful.
D. encourage more citizens to vote in federal elections.

C. prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful

Explanation:

The separation of federal power into three branches gives each branch its own government responsibilities to prevent any branch from becoming too powerful and to check and balance the other branches.

one of the major compromises in the constitutional convention was between the small states and big states. the small states wanted each state to have the same number of representatives in congress. the big states wanted representation based on population.