7 Principles of Government

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 idea calls for the people to exercise or delegate their power by electing or voting for their political representation

• Republicanism
• Separation of Powers
• Individual Rights

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

• Individual Rights
• Limited Government
• Republicanism

• Federalism
• Republicanism
• Limited Government

• Popular Sovereignty
• Separation of Powers
• Federalism