Principles of Government

The people are the source of any and all government power.

• civics

• Consent of the Governed

• Representative Government

• Inalienable Rights

The government is not all powerful. It only has the power the people give it.

• Rule of Law

• Democracy

• Limited Government

• civics

The law applies to everyone, equally, even those who govern.

• Rule of Law

• Representative Government

• Democracy

• Inalienable Rights

A type of government that is ruled by the people.

• Consent of the Governed

• Rule of Law

• Representative Government

• Democracy

We the people elect other people to represent us to make laws to govern us.

• Representative Government

• Democracy

• Limited Government

• Inalienable Rights

The rights that humans are born with that the government cannot take away.

• Limited Government

• Inalienable Rights

• Consent of the Governed

• Rule of Law

The study of the rights and duties of American citizens.

• biology

• civics

• the Civil War

• Democracy