1. 7 Principles of the Constitution How Does the Constitution Work??

2. Popular Sovereignty Definition – A government in which the people rule. This means they participate by voting. Example – People can run for office, campaign for individuals who run, or protest decisions made by others.

3. Sovereign Bank Why do you think they chose this name for their bank???

4. Republicanism Definition – People vote for people to represent their views. (Representative Government) You can’t have the whole population vote on everything, so you vote on people who share similar beliefs and allow them to vote.

5. U.S. Capitol Building What decisions are made here??

6. Federalism Definition – A system of government in which powers are shared by the state and national government. In our system, the national government does have ultimate authority, but states have a lot to say in what goes on as well. Powers for the national government = delegated powers Powers for the state government = reserved powers Powers shared between the national and the state are concurrent powers.

7. State Government Federal Government

8. Separation of Power Definition – Divides the roles of government into 3 branches, Executive, Legislative, and Judicial. Why? So that one person or one group of people do not control everything and become to powerful.

9. The founding fathers created “separation of powers” to prevent the U.S. from a dictatorship.

10. Check and Balances Definition – Each of the 3 branches of government has a little control, or check, on the other 2 branches. This balances power between the 3, ensuring that none of the branches get out of control. *Example – Federal judges (Supreme Court) are nominated by the President, but have to be approved by Congress.

11. 3. Senate approves or rejects the candidate 2. Judiciary Committee looks into background Process for a Supreme Court Justice 1. President nominates a Justice

12. Limited Government Definition – Everybody has to follow the same laws, even members of the government. If a Representative killed a man, he would face a trial just like everybody else.

13. Individual Rights Definition – Personal liberties and privileges that people are born with and can not be taken away. The Bill of Rights, the first Ten Amendments, was created to list out all of these rights so people know when the governments tries to take them away.

14. Exit Slip Answer the following questions on exit slip: 1. Which of the principles do you feel is most significant? 2. Why were the FF so determined to include these 7 principles? 3. If you could add another principle, what would it be?