1. 7 principles?
Principles
Government
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2. Texas-7 principles
What happens when a person or group has too much power in a society\ government?

3. Texas-7 principles One Ring to rule all
One Ring to rule all

4. Popular Sovereignty The people have the power and use it by voting

5. Texas-7 principles
We in America do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate Thomas Jefferson ( )
Popular sovereignty The idea that the power of government rests with the people who express their ideas through voting; popular sovereignty was used before the Civil War to allow voters in a new territory to decide whether to allow slavery
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6. Popular Sovereignty

7. Republicanism
REP
The people elect representatives to work in government for them
VOTE

8. Texas-7 principles
Our constitution works. Our great republic is a government of laws, not of men.
Gerald R. Ford ( ),
Republicanism The idea that government is controlled by the people who hold power and elect representatives, giving those representatives power to make and enforce laws

9. Republicanism

10. Federalism
Division of power between the national (or Federal) government and the states

11. Texas-7 principles
For every action there is an equal and opposite government program.
Bob Wells
Federalism The idea that power is divided by the Constitution between the federal (central or national) government and the state governments. The Constitution, treaties, and federal laws are the “supreme law of the land”. Some powers are delegated to the federal government, others are reserved for state governments, and other powers are concurrent (shared) by both state and national government
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12. Federalism

13. Separation of Powers
The power of government is separated between the 3 branches
Legislative – make laws
Executive – enforce laws
Judicial – judge (interpret) laws

14. Texas-7 principles
Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and creates a country where everyone lives in fear.
Harry S Truman ( ),
Separation of powers The idea that the power of government is separated into three branches of government:
Legislative Branch – elected representatives who make or enact laws; Congress at the federal level.
Executive Branch – elected and appointed individuals who enforce laws; at the federal level the President heads this branch.
Judicial Branch – justices (judges) who interpret the law (through the courts); at the federal level the U.S. Supreme Court is the highest court of this branch.
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15. Separation of Powers

16. Checks and Balances CHECK MODE!!!
The branches of government have ways to keep the others in check

17. Texas-7 principles
All government -- indeed, every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue and every prudent act -- is founded on compromise and barter.
Edmund Burke ( )
Checks and Balances The idea that abuse of power is controlled by the three branches of government watching each other and having the power to approve or disapprove certain actions of the other branches.

18. Checks and balances

19. Limited Government
There are limits to the power of government (It cannot do whatever it wants)

20. Texas-7 principles
That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.
Thomas Jefferson ( )
Limited Government The idea that governments are created by the . consent of the governed and that the power of government is limited by rule of law

21. Limited Government

22. Individual Rights
The rights and freedoms protected by the first ten amendments (The Bill of Rights)

23. Texas-7 principles
Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends [life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness] it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government...
Thomas Jefferson (The Declaration of Independence)
Individual rights The rights guaranteed to individual citizens by the Bill of Rights and other amendments to the Constitution. Freedom of speech and the press are two of these important rights.
ppt7\Limited Government Powerpoint.ppt

24. Individual Rights

25. The Bill of Rights The first 10 Amendments To the US Constitution

26. Protects Religion, Assembly, Petition, Press, Speech
1st Amendment
Protects Religion, Assembly, Petition, Press, Speech
Freedom of Assembly
Freedom of Religion
Freedom of Petition
Freedom of the Press
Freedom of Speech

27. 2nd Amendment The right to bear arms

28. No quartering of soldiers (keeping troops in your home)
3rd Amendment
No quartering of soldiers (keeping troops in your home)

29. A person’s rights when they are accused of a crime
4th – 8th Amendments
A person’s rights when they are accused of a crime

30. A person’s rights when they are accused of a crime
4th Amendment
A person’s rights when they are accused of a crime
4th – search / seizure
– 4th

31. A person’s rights when they are accused of a crime
5th Amendment
A person’s rights when they are accused of a crime
5th – due process
– 5th

32. A person’s rights when they are accused of a crime
6th Amendment
A person’s rights when they are accused of a crime
6th – speedy trial
– 6th

33. A person’s rights when they are accused of a crime
7th Amendment
A person’s rights when they are accused of a crime
7th – trial by jury
– 7th

34. A person’s rights when they are accused of a crime
8th Amendment
A person’s rights when they are accused of a crime
8th – cruel punishment
– 8th

35. Your rights are protected by the Constitution and cannot be violated
9th Amendment
Your rights are protected by the Constitution and cannot be violated
– 9th

36. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbV8AUvOEWI – 10th
10th Amendment
All power not given to the national government are given to the states or the people
– 10th

37. Assignments-Left side
Critical thinking questions-ABC format
6 level questions to principles
Draw the principle
Give examples of principle in practice
Improve the principle: How?

38. Texas Oct. 22nd
Homework-find an article that is an example of a principle in government: write the principle and a summary with supportive evidence. Due: Monday: ABC format
Turn in “comparing the U.S. and Texas Constitution” only that side: ==Monday