1. Federalism

2. Federalism- Division of Power between Central and Regional Government
Sharing Power

3. Popular
Sovereignty

4. Popular Sovereignty-
-People are the ONLY source of government power.
-Power is received from the people

5. Limited
Government

6. Limited Government
-Government is not all powerful
-Operated by principle of Constitutionalism – The rule of law- Nobody is above the law.

7. Much of the Constitution deals will prohibiting
“Congress shall make no law….”

8. Separation
of Powers

9. All three branches are equal in power
All three branches are equal in power! No one branch as more power than other. No Tyranny!!!
Article 1 sec. 1 Divides the government into 3 branches

10. Checks and
Balances

11. -Each branch is subject to “checks” from other branches
-Keeps 1 branch from becoming too powerful

12. Judicial
Review

13. the power of the courts to declare a law constitutional and unconstitutional
-Keeps 1 branch from becoming too powerful
-Marbury vs. Madison

14. Bill of Rights

15. 1st 10 Amendments (change) to the U.S. Constitution
Ratified in 1791

16. 1787 ….1791

17. Federalists vs.
Anti-Federalists

18. Thomas Jefferson, who did not attend the Constitutional Convention, in a December 1787 letter to Madison called the omission of a Bill of Rights a major mistake: "A bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on earth."

19. James Madison was skeptical of the value of a listing of rights, calling it a "parchment barrier”