The Founding Fathers created a government based on a set of fundamental principles carefully designed to guarantee liberty. This lesson lets students look at the Constitution from the perspective of its foundational principles and make direct connections between these principles, the Founders' intentions, and the Constitution itself.

Concepts

checks and balances, limited government, popular sovereignty

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Additional Tags

rule of law, separation of power, u.s. constitution, icivics: constitutional principles, principles embodied

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