Foundational Principles
This foundational principles means "rule by the people"
What is Democracy?
This document, written in 1215, was the first time in English history that an authority figure formally recognized certain common rights of Englishmen.
What is the Magna Carta?
This goal of the government references the failures of the Articles of Confederation.
What is "to form a more perfect union?"
What is Legislative, Executive, and Judicial (LEJ)
A document that establishes political structure, outlines powers of government, and identifies rights/liberties of citizens is known as this.
What is a charter?
A mayor getting arrested for shoplifting is an example of this foundational principle.
What is Rule of Law?
This document transferred the rights of Englishmen to the colonists in America.
What are the Charters of the Virginia Company of London?
What is to "establish justice?"
Article 4 outlines this concept in which power is shared equally between the National and State levels of government.
What is Federalism?
This word means "to approve"
What is "ratify?"
This foundational principle restricts the power of the government in order to prevent tyranny.
What is Limited Government?
This document was our "break-up letter" with Britain, and created the independent United States.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This purpose of the government means to keep peace within the United States.
What is to "ensure domestic tranquility?"
Article 5 outlines this process that allows the Constitution to adapt to the everchanging times of the present.
What is the Amendment Process?
This word is a synonym for "permission"
What is "consent?"
This foundational principle, an example of republicanism, means that people vote for officeholders to conduct governmental business on their behalf.
What is Representative Government?
This document established the first government of the United States of America.
Which are the Articles of Confederation?
This purpose of the government is provided for by the establishment of the United States Military.
What is to "provide for the common defense?"
Article 6 is this clause, which states that the Constitution is the "Supreme Law of the Land."
What is the Supremacy Clause?
Congress is the collective term made up of these two groups.
What are the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate?
This foundational principle, meaning "Permission of the People, states that the people are the source of any and all governmental power.
What is Consent of the Governed?
This document, ratified in 1789, established the system of government that we continue to live under today.
What is the U.S. Constitution?
This goal of the government means to make sure everyone is provided with the basic necessities of life in order to survive.
What is "promote the general welfare?"
Article 7 outlines this process through which the Constitution itself was approved.
What is the Ratification Process?
This word refers to rights that cannot be taken away by any government.
What is "unalienable?"