Why Does the American Government Work?

Why Does the American Government Work?
Federalist Essay #10
This essay states that the constitution would prevent any faction from gaining too much power and being able to rebel, and serve for themselves and not the greater good. Rebelling is not always the beneficial to the common goal, which is to create a fair society for everyone, so they wanted to stop people from having an immediate reaction of rebelling when they are mad. This was a focus due to the recent rebellion of the time called Shay's Rebellion which proved the articles of confederation were not good enough. Another reason this essay says the constitution is a good thing is because the constitution addresses property rights. 
Federalist Essay #51
A common worry of the people was that the government would find a way to subdue a minority group, however the author states how this is impossible through the constitution. Due to the size of the nation, there is a very diverse group of people, which would lead to a diverse legislature, which would mean there would be a minority from each group in the government so they wouldn't be able to oppress one minority group. People's concerns that the government will get too much power and turn into a tyranny is addressed in the constitution with the separation of powers. There are 3 branches with equal power, and they each have to check on a each other and approve things by a system called checks and balances. The branch with the most power, legislature,  is separated into 2 more branches after that called the house and senate. This is one more precaution to stop the government from going out of control, plus the house and senate have different ways of getting representatives.