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Preamble

• gain and keep safe the gifts of freedom and independence

• encourage the condition of health and happiness for everyone

• The delegates and people living in the United States

• do make official and begin this written document of basic laws.

• The introduction to the United States Constitution.

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In order to form a more perfect union

• to gain and keep peace in the United States

• set up a fair system of laws

• for all citizens throughout the United States of America

• in order to begin a better national government

• to create a strong military for protection of all US citizens

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Establish justice

• to gain and keep peace in the United States

• set up a fair system of laws

• for all citizens throughout the United States of America

• in order to begin a better national government

• to create a strong military for protection of all US citizens

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Insure domestic tranquility

• to gain and keep peace in the United States

• set up a fair system of laws

• for all citizens throughout the United States of America

• in order to begin a better national government

• to create a strong military for protection of all US citizens

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Provide for the common defense

• to gain and keep peace in the United States

• set up a fair system of laws

• for all citizens throughout the United States of America

• in order to begin a better national government

• to create a strong military for protection of all US citizens

"People are the source of all government power."
Which basic principle of government is represented by this statement?

• Representative Government
• Consent of the Governed
• Federalism
• Rule of Law

What is the form of government where the citizens rule?

• Democracy
• Dictatorship
• Rule of Law
• Monarchy

All of the following are fundamental principles of the American constitutional government EXCEPT

• absolute rule
• representative government
• consent of the governed
• rule of law

The government is not all-powerful and may do only those things the people have given it the power to do. Which fundamental political principle does this define?

• representative government
• federalism
• rule of law
• limited government

Which document affirmed the unalienable rights of "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness"?

• Declaration of Independence
• The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
• The Virginia Declaration of Rights
• The Articles of Confederation