7 Principles

The principle of government that states each branch of government has the ability to limit the power of the other branches

• Checks & Balances
• Federalism
• Popular Soveriegnty

The principle of government that states federal and state governments must share powers

• Federalism
• Republicanism
• Checks & Balances

These are personal liberties (freedoms) and privileges that should be guaranteed to every citizen

• Individual Rights
• Separation of Powers
• Limited Government

A government in which the people rule, the authority of the government comes from the people

• Popular Sovereignty
• Checks and Balances
• Federalism

This principle states that the government should be divided into 3 branches: legislative, judicial, and executive.

• Separation of Powers
• Popular Soveriegnty
• Limited Government

This is the idea that everyone, citizens and powerful leaders alike, must obey the law

• Limited Government
• Republicanism
• Individual Rights

The people of Montgomery County in Precinct 4 elected Judge James Metts to serve as Justice of the Peace. This is an example of...

• Republicanism
• Separation of Powers
• Checks and balances
• federalism

• Popular Sovereignty
• Separation of Powers
• Federalism

According to Art. 6143bb the state flower song is The Bluebonnet. Texas is able to make such a law because of...

• federalism
• checks and balances
• separation of powers

What is this an example of?

• Separation of Powers
• Limited Government
• Popular Sovereignty