1. The Bill of Rights

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

4. What if? What if we didn’t get the balance right?
What if one part of government gets too powerful?
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5. The Bill of Rights The first ____________________ to the Constitution
Extra restrictions on the government
Guaranteed rights
Examples: