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    The document outlines the 7 key principles of the US Constitution: individual rights, popular sovereignty, limited government, republicanism, checks and balances, federalism, and separation of powers. It provides a brief definition and description of each principle, explaining how each one establishes an important aspect of the American system of government and helps prevent an overconcentration of power.

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    The document outlines the 7 key principles of the US Constitution: individual rights, popular sovereignty, limited government, republicanism, checks and balances, federalism, and separation of powers. It provides a brief definition and description of each principle, explaining how each one establishes an important aspect of the American system of government and helps prevent an overconcentration of power.

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    The document outlines the 7 key principles of the US Constitution: individual rights, popular sovereignty, limited government, republicanism, checks and balances, federalism, and separation of powers. It provides a brief definition and description of each principle, explaining how each one establishes an important aspect of the American system of government and helps prevent an overconcentration of power.

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    7 Principles Foldable

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    The document outlines the 7 key principles of the US Constitution: individual rights, popular sovereignty, limited government, republicanism, checks and balances, federalism, and separation of powers. It provides a brief definition and description of each principle, explaining how each one establishes an important aspect of the American system of government and helps prevent an overconcentration of power.

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    The Constitution is the “umbrella” for the Principles of

    Government.
    7 Principles of the Constitution Foldable

    -Individual Rights
    -Popular Sovereignty
    -Limited Government
    -Republicanism
    -Checks & Balances
    -Federalism
    -Separation of Powers
    Popular Sovereignty
    ■ The power to rule comes
    from the people.
    ■ “Consent of the Governed”
    ■ The Constitution established
    popular sovereignty in the
    preamble,
    “We the People. . . establish
    this Constitution for the
    United States of America.“
    Republicanism
    ■ Republicanism is based the
    belief that people exercise their
    power by voting for their political
    representatives.
    ■ A republic is a form of
    government in which the supreme
    power rests in the body of citizens
    entitled to vote and is exercised by
    representatives chosen directly or
    indirectly by them.
    ■ In a republic, people elect others
    to represent them in the
    government.
    Federalism
    ■ Federalism is a system of
    government in which the states
    and national government share
    powers.
    ■ The Constitution assigns certain
    powers to the national
    government. These are delegated
    powers.
    ■ Powers kept by the states are
    reserved powers.
    ■ Powers shared or exercised by
    national and state governments
    are known as concurrent powers.
    Separation of Powers
    ■ Established in order to avoid
    having too much power might
    fall into the hands of a single
    group
    ■ This principle creates the
    division of basic government
    roles into 3 branches. No one
    branch is given all the power.
    ■ Articles 1,2, and 3 of the
    Constitution detail how
    powers are split among the
    three branches
    Checks and Balances
    ■ Based on the philosophy
    of Baron de
    Montesquieu, an
    18th-century French
    thinker, "Power should be
    a check to power.“
    ■ Each branch of
    government can exercise
    checks, or controls, over
    the other branches.
    Though the branches of
    government are separate,
    they rely on one another
    to perform the work of
    government.
    Limited Government
    ■ In the American government
    everyone, citizens and powerful
    leaders alike, must obey the
    law. Individuals or groups cannot
    twist or bypass the law to serve
    their own interests.

    ■ The government only has


    those powers given to it by
    the Constitution.
    Individual Rights
    ■ The first ten amendments to
    the Constitution shield
    people from an overly
    powerful government. These
    amendments are called the
    Bill of Rights.

    The Bill of Rights guarantees


    certain individual rights, or
    personal liberties and
    privileges.
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