The Bill of Rights

Review: The Problem of Government ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ To control government, we limit it with rules & laws. The most basic law of our country is called __________________

Review: Our Strategy of Government Our main strategy to solve the problem of government is to give the government lots of power but divide that power up into different parts of this government. This is called ________________________ Furthermore, power is divided up in the government so that each part of the government has enough power to keep the other parts from becoming harmful. This is called _________________________

What if? What if we didn’t get the balance right? What if one part of government gets too powerful? ______________________________________________________________ _______________________________

The Bill of Rights The first ____________________ to the Constitution Extra restrictions on the government Guaranteed rights Examples: