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US CONSTITUTION

• The constitution provides rights and freedoms and it's the basic framework for the American government.

LIMITED GOVERNMENT

• The framers tried to make sure that the constitution gave the government enough power to ensure peace and order.

FEDERALISM

• The fourth guiding principle "federalism" divides power between the central government and the various state governments.

INDEPENDENT JUDICIARY

• An independent judiciary was considered essential by the framers to support the rule of law and preserve limited government.

POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY

• It means that power resides not with the government or its leaders, but with the people.

RULE OF LAW

• This principle requires that the American people and their government abide by a system of laws.

SEPARATION OF POWERS/CHECKS AND BALANCES

• Separating the powers of government among the three branches would ensure that no one branch could dominate.

INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS

• This amendment protects the rights of individuals to speak their minds and act on their beliefs without fear of arrest or persecution by the government.

BIBILIOGRAPHY

• government alive: Page 64 4.2 Elements of the constitution
• Limited government: page : 41speaking of politics.
• Federalism: page 73
• Independent judiciary: page 73
• Popular sovereignty: page 70
• Rule of law: page 71
• Separation of powers/ checks and balances: page 72
• Individual rights: page 74