Principles of Government

Define the principle of 'Consent of the Governed'. Look back over the reading, summarize the definition of this principle in your own words, and then use this to help you complete the activities.

Define the principle of 'Checks & Balances'. Look back over the reading, summarize the definition of this principle in your own words, and then use this to help you complete the activities.

Define the principle of 'Separation of Power'. Look back over the reading, summarize the definition of this principle in your own words, and then use this to help you complete the activities.

Define the principle of 'Federalism'. Look back over the reading, summarize the definition of this principle in your own words, and then use this to help you complete the activities.

Define the principle of 'Rule of Law'. Look back over the reading, summarize the definition of this principle in your own words, and then use this to help you complete the activities.

Define the principle of 'Limited Government'. Look back over the reading, summarize the definition of this principle in your own words, and then use this to help you complete the activities.

Define the principle of 'Popular Sovereignty'. Look back over the reading, summarize the definition of this principle in your own words, and then use this to help you complete the activities.

During the debate over the Constitution, James Madison made this argument in an essay we now call The Federalist 45: "The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite." Which principle best describes Madison's argument about the federal government?

• Popular Sovereignty

• Checks and Balances

• Limited Government

• Rule of Law

• Separation of Powers

Explain the connection between what Madison said and the principle you selected: Limited Government.

In The Federalist 39, James Madison explained: "The House of Representatives, like that of one branch at least of all the State legislatures, is elected immediately by the great body of the people. The Senate, like the present Congress, and the Senate of Maryland, derives its appointment indirectly from the people. The President is indirectly derived from the choice of the people, according to the example in most of the States. Even the judges, with all other officers of the Union, will, as in the several States, be the choice, though a remote choice, of the people themselves." Which principle best describes Madison's argument about the federal government?

• Popular Sovereignty

• Checks and Balances

• Limited Government

• Rule of Law

• Separation of Powers