Question

In Mayan culture, the government leaders also served as religious leaders. This meant few people had control of many aspects of Mayan life. The founding fathers of the United States put a system in place to help prevent this problem from occurring. What is it

Answer 1

That would be the separation of Church and State.

Answer 2

The system that the founding fathers of the United States put in place to prevent only a small amount of people from having control of aspects of their life was the separation of the Church and the State.