US Early Documents

Written during the end and after the American Revolution. stated that the new nation would be ruled by a congress. Each state had one vote. The first constitution of the 13 American states, adopted in 1781.

• Articles of Confederation

• Declaration of Independence

• US Constitution

• Gettysburg Address

Lists responsibilities and jobs of the central government along with the Bill of Rights which explain what the Central government cant do to citizens. It IS the supreme law of the land!!

• Declaration of Independence

• Gettysburg Address

• U.S. Constitution

• State of The Union Address

The public act by which the Second Continental Congress, on July 4, 1776, declared the Colonies to be free and independent of England.

• US Constitution

• Articles of Confederation

• State of The Union Address

• Declaration of Independence

A formal statement of the fundamental rights of the people of the United States, incorporated in the Constitution as Amendments 1-10, and in all state constitutions.

• Declaration of Independence

• Gettysburg Address

• Bill of Rights

• State of The Union Address

A theory of government in which the supreme power rests in the body of citizens entitled to vote and exercised by representatives they elect directly or indirectly and by an elected or nominated president.

• State of The Union Address

• Republicanism

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

Governmental power is restricted by law, usually in a written constitution.

• Limited Government

• Limited Confederation

• Limited Rights

• Limited Freedom

Limits imposed on all branches of a government by vesting in each branch the right to amend or void those acts of another that fall within its purview.

• Limits on Government

• Checks and Acquaintances

• Checks and Balances

• Checks and Bills

A form of government in which power is held partly by a central authority and partly by a number of regional or state governments.

• Federalism

• Futurism

• Denocratism

• Animism

The state is divided into branches, each with separate and independent powers and areas of responsibility so that the powers of one branch are not in conflict with the powers associated with the other branches

• Desegregation of Powers

• Association with Powers

• Separation of Powers

• Optional Powers

The principle that the authority of a state and its government is created and sustained by the consent of its people, through their elected representatives (Rule by the People), who are the source of all political power.

• Limited Government

• Federalsim

• State of The Union

• Popular Sovereignty