Michigan Government

Changes made to a legal document

• amendments

• common good

• democracy

• parliament

people thinking about what is best for everyone and making decisions that benefit most members of a community

• justice

• dictatorship

• amendments

• common good

the fundamental ideas that unite all Americans and the principles we all believe in

• amendments

• core democratic values

• monarchy

• justice

a form of government in which leaders are elected by the people to represent them

• monarchy

• state government

• democracy

• tribal government

a form of government in which a single leader or small group rules the country without consent and input from citizens

• core democratic values

• dictatorship

• sovereignty

• equality

all people are treated the same, regardless of who they are

• equality

• sovereignty

• democracy

• amendments

making sure that all people should be treated equally

• democracy

• justice

• monarchy

• fairness

the government that leads our country with a system of checks and balances and shares its power with state government

• democracy

• federal government

• amendments

• monarchy

the idea that people behave in a way that is fair, equal and balanced for everyone

• justice

• monarchy

• amendments

• common good

a form of government in which the head of a family, usually a king or queen, rules the government

• equality

• justice

• monarchy

• state government