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Foundations
Mrs. Brown's Foundations
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Change or addition to the Constitution | Amendment |
| Separates the government into 3 branches - Legislative, Executive, and Judicial | Separation of Powers |
| Power is divided between the Federal (national) government and the states | Federalism |
| Power rests with the citizens, they elect their representatives to make decision on their behalf | Republicanism |
| Prevents one branch from becoming too powerful - Each branch can "check" the others | Checks and Balances |
| Powers of the government are limited to the Constitution | Limited Government |
| People hold the power and give the government its power | Popular Sovereignty |
| Freedom and protection from an all powerful government | Liberty |
| Equality in society | Egalitarianism |
| People decided what kinds of groups they want to be part of | Individualism |
| Participation of common people in government | Populism |
| Hands off government, government does not interfere with business | Laissez Faire |
| He came up with the 5 values important to America's success - Liberty, Egalitarianism, Individualism, Populism, and Laissez Faire | Alexis de Tocqueville |
| Rights that people are born with and can not be taken away - Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness | Unalienable rights |
| Father of American Medicine | Benjamin Rush |
| President of the Continental Congress and 1st to sign the Declaration of Independence | John Hancock |
| Member of the Continental Congress that created the Constitution and 1st Chief Justice of the Supreme Court | John Jay |
| Church minister who supported American independence | John Witherspoon |
| Church Minister who helped recruit soldiers to fight in the American Revolution | John Peter Muhlenberg |
| Businessman who helped support the American Revolution with his own money | Charles Carroll |
| Governor of Connecticut who supplied Washington's troops | Jonathan Trumbull Sr. |
| His writing influenced the Declaration of Independence, came up with "unalienable rights" | John Locke |
| Commander of the Continental army and the 1st President of the United States | George Washington |
| 1st Motto of the U.S., it means "Out of many, One" | E Pluribus Unum |
| Wrote the Declaration of Independence | Thomas Jefferson |
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