A MORE PERFECT UNION AND PEOPLE MINI PBL.

LIMITED GOVERNMENT

• The power of the government
• The government doesn't have
• all the power

REPUBLICANISM

• Is the ideology of governing
• a society or state as a republic

REPUBLICANISM

CHECKS AND BALANCES

• Checks and Balances are so
• that one building doesn't have all the power

CHECKS AND BALANCES

FEDERALISM

• A group of members are bounded
• together by covenant
• Example- the division of power
• between the states and the federal government

SEPARATION OF POWERS

• Executive branch
• Legislative branch
• Judicial branch
• System of checks and balances

POPULAR SOVEREIGTY

• The political theory that government
• is created and subject to the will of
• the people
• Example- reflected in the enumerated powers

INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS

• The bill of rights guarantees people's rights

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JUDICIAL REVEIW

• The ability to check the
• executive and legislative branches
• Ensures that laws are constitutional

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MARBURY VS. MADISON

• Marked the first time the Court
• asserted its role in reviewing federal
• legislation to determine its compatibility

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JOHN MARSHALL

AMENDING THE CONSTITUTION

• The congress has to have a 2/3 majority vote by the house of
• Representatives and the senate
• Proposed amendment becomes part of the congress as soon as it is
• ratified by 3/4 of the states

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THE GRIEVANCES IN THE

• DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
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TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION

• All states have representation in
• Congress, which sets taxes

KING HAS ABSOLUTE POWER

• Congress has the power to override
• Presidential veto

COLONISTS NOT ALLOWED TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST KING

• 1st Amendment- freedom of Speech

QUARTERING ACT FORCED COLONISTS TO HOUSE TROOPS

• 3rd Amendment- no quartering of troops

ALLOWED HOMES TO BE SEARCHED WITHOUT WARRANTS

• 4th Amendment- no unwarranted search
• and seizure

NO TRAIL BY JURY OF PEERS

• 6th Amendment- right to a speedy public trail
• 7th Amendment- trail by jury