Foundation of the American Government Part 1

Articles of Confederation

Declaration of Independence

US Constitution

Magna Carta

About 75 years

About 10 years

About 200 years

About 150 years

John Locke

Voltaire

Montesquieu

Rousseau

the supreme and ultimate power or authority within a territory.

the right to rule.

the ability to get people to behave in certain ways, even when they do not want to.

a society's belief that their ruler or government has the right to rule.

The Enlightenment

American Revolution

Protestant Reformation

Religious Freedom

trade regulation

checks and balances

no common currency

no chief executive

Anti-federalists believed in a strong national government.

Federalists believed in a strong national government.

Federalists believed in a strong state government.

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X

VII

V

The U.S. Constitution

The Supreme Court

The Bill of Rights

The Declaration of independence

Liberty for all

We the citizens

Justice for all

We the people

It's the process by which Supreme Court Justices are chosen

It's a vote in Congress

It's a change to the Constitution

It's part of the Electoral College.

The Bill of Rights

The Ten Commandments

The List of Ten

The Bill of Lading

10

27

33

51

Socialist, Communist

Black market

Underground railroad

Capitalist, Free Market

Judicial, Congress, Senate

Legislative, Executive, Judicial

Supreme Court, President, Senate

Federal, State, Local

The President

Martial Law

The U. S. Military

Checks and Balances

The Supreme Court

The Commerce Secretary

Secretary of Defense

The President

President, Supreme Court

FBI, CIA

Department of Justice, Department of Education

Senate, House of Representatives

100

435

50

2

8

2

4

6

9

12

435

100

2

4

6

8

the people of his Senate district

All of the people of the state

all of the people of the country

half of the people of the state

because of the land area of the state

because of the state's population

because of the state's wealth

because of the state's influence