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| rights that the government cannot take away-freedom of religion, freedom of speech, right to liberty |
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| Purpose of the Declaration of Independence |
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| explained why the colonists were seeking independence; |
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| Purpose of the Declaration of Independence |
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| proclaimed that people have certain "unalienable rights" that government should protect |
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| Constitution was written at the Constitutional Conventional |
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| legislature would have 2 houses; representation in both houses would depend on states' population; larger states would therefore have more delagates and power than the smaller states |
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| legislature would have one house; each states would send one delagate; therefore equal representation for all of the states no matter how large or small they were |
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| In the House of Representatives, states were represented according to their population. in the senate, each state would be represented by 2 senators |
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| every five slaves would count as three people |
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| makes Constitution flexible;process is difficult so that any change would be carefully considered |
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| Amendment is proposed by 2/3rds vote of both houses of Congress; then approved by 3/4ths of the dtates legislatures |
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| desires of the people are represented in government by elected representatives |
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| Constitution places strict limits on the power of government in order to protect individual rights |
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| no branch was given too much power and each branch makes sure that the other were working as they should |
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| government is split into three branches-executive, Judicial, and legislative |
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| power of the governmnent is shared between the national and the state government |
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| bill of rights was written to protect the rights of individuals |
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| government was created by the people of America and they did so to govern themselves-basis for the ideal of self government |
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