Who was the first secretary of the treasury? a. john adams b. alexander hamilton c. thomas jefferson d. benjamin franklin user: which of the following best explains the purpose of checks and balances? a. to ensure that no one branch of government gets too powerful b. to ensure that the people remain sovereign c. to ensure that the constitution is upheld d. to ensure the safety of the country

the first secretary of the treasury was B. Alexander Hamilton

the purpose of checks and balances was A. to ensure that no one branch of government gets too powerful

the correct answer is

d) rocket launcher

in his book, the riddle of the rosetta stone, james giblin talks about how there was a young british polymath and physician named thomas young who made a lot of advances on the deciphering of the rosetta stone. he says that even though young made a lot of mistakes because he was working under false assumptions, he also made huge contributions like deciphering three out of the seven symbols (more than anyone else before him). young published his findings and continued his good work but he wasn't able to progress much further due to some unfavorable situations, he still laid the basis for many other scholars and of course for the man who has been generally known to have deciphered it, jean-françois champollion