AP US Government Required Documents

Advocates for a single executive instead of any greater number

• Federalist #10

• Federalist #51

• Federalist #70

• Federalist #78

Causes of factions cannot be removed, relief only to be sought as a means of controlling its effects.

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

• Brutus #1

• Federalist #10

Outlines the structure of the government with 3 branches.

• Declaration of Independence

• Brutus

• Federalist #10

• U.S. Constitution

“That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government”

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

• U.S. Constitution

• Letter from Birmingham Jail

1. The roles of separation of powers, checks and balances, and federalism help to prevent tyranny and preserve democracy.

• Federalist #10

• Federalist #51

• Federalist #70

• Federalist #78

“Energy in the Executive is a leading character in the definition of good government."

• Federalist #10

• Federalist #51

• Federalist #70

• Federalist #78

“The different governments will control each other; at the same time that each will be controlled by itself.”

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

• Brutus #1

• Federalist #51

1. A small republic is better to preserve personal liberties.

• Articles of Confederation

• Brutus #1

• Federalist #10

• Federalist #51

"We know through painful experience that

freedom is never voluntarily given by the

oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed."

• Declaration of Independence

• Brutus #1

• Federalist #10

• Letter from Birmingham Jail

1. Written to provide a foundation for popular sovereignty and includes ideas like the social contract theory, limited government, consent of governed.

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

• Brutus #1

• Letter from Birmingham Jail