1. CONSTITUTIONAL
PRINCIPLES

2. Limited Government
• All authority
figures must
obey the law
and no one
has total
power.

3. Republicanism
• People hold the power through
the election of representatives.
People Elect Representatives

4. Checks and Balances
• Prevents one branch of the
government from becoming too
powerful.
EXAMPLES:

5. Federalism
• The sharing
of power
between a
central
(national)
government
and states.

6. Separation of Powers
• Each branch of the government is
assigned specific powers.

7. Popular Sovereignty
• Political power rests with the
people.
• Exercised through voting.
Power ofPower of
the Peoplethe People

8. Individual Rights
• Definition – Personal liberties and
privileges that people are born with and
can not be taken away.
• The Bill of Rights, the first Ten
Amendments, was created to list out all
of these rights so people know when
the governments tries to take them
away.