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-Leaders are not above the law Rule of Law -Leaders are not above the law -Magna Carta 1215 gave rights to the English people and limited King/Queen

-US Congress was modeled after England’s Parliament Legislature -Lawmaking group -US Congress was modeled after England’s Parliament (Parliament is stronger than the King/Queen)

-Life, Liberty and Property Natural Rights -John Locke -Life, Liberty and Property

-Give up some freedoms in exchange for government protection Social Contract -Jean Jacques Rosseau -Give up some freedoms in exchange for government protection

-Separate branches of government to balance it Separation of Powers -Baron de Montesquieu -Separate branches of government to balance it

-Government by the consent (approval) of the governed (people) Popular Sovereignty -Government by the consent (approval) of the governed (people)