7 principles?

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7 principles?
Principles Government
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Texas-7 principles

• We in America do not have government by the
  majority. We have government by the majority who
  participate. Thomas Jefferson (1743 -
  1826)
• Popular sovereignty The idea that the power of
  government rests with the people who express
  their ideas through voting popular sovereignty
  was used before the Civil War to allow voters in
  a new territory to decide whether to allow
  slavery
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Texas-7 principles

• Our constitution works. Our great republic is a
  government of laws, not of men.
• Gerald R. Ford (1913 - 2006),
• Republicanism The idea that government is
  controlled by the people who hold power and elect
  representatives, giving those representatives
  power to make and enforce laws

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Texas-7 principles

• For every action there is an equal and opposite
  government program.
• Bob Wells
• Federalism The idea that power is divided by the
  Constitution between the federal (central or
  national) government and the state governments.
  The Constitution, treaties, and federal laws are
  the supreme law of the land. Some powers are
  delegated to the federal government, others are
  reserved for state governments, and other powers
  are concurrent (shared) by both state and
  national government
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Texas-7 principles

• Once a government is committed to the principle
  of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only
  one way to go, and that is down the path of
  increasingly repressive measures, until it
  becomes a source of terror to all its citizens
  and creates a country where everyone lives in
  fear.
• Harry S Truman (1884 - 1972),
• Separation of powers The idea that the power of
  government is separated into three branches of
  government
• Legislative Branch elected representatives who
  make or enact laws Congress at the federal
  level.
• Executive Branch elected and appointed
  individuals who enforce laws at the federal
  level the President heads this branch.
• Judicial Branch justices (judges) who interpret
  the law (through the courts) at the federal
  level the U.S. Supreme Court is the highest court
  of this branch.
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Texas-7 principles

• All government -- indeed, every human benefit and
  enjoyment, every virtue and every prudent act --
  is founded on compromise and barter.
• Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797)
• Checks and Balances The idea that abuse of power
  is controlled by the three branches of government
  watching each other and having the power to
  approve or disapprove certain actions of the
  other branches.

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Texas-7 principles

• That government is best which governs the least,
  because its people discipline themselves.
• Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)
• Limited Government The idea that governments are
  created by the consent of the governed and that
  the power of government is limited by rule of
  law.

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Texas-7 principles

• Whenever any form of government becomes
  destructive of these ends life, liberty, and the
  pursuit of happiness it is the right of the
  people to alter or abolish it, and to institute
  new government...
• Thomas Jefferson (The Declaration of
  Independence)
• Individual rights The rights guaranteed to
  individual citizens by the Bill of Rights and
  other amendments to the Constitution. Freedom of
  speech and the press are two of these important
  rights.
• ppt7\Limited Government Powerpoint.ppt

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Assignments-

• Critical thinking questions-ABC format
• 6 level questions to principles
• Draw the principle
• Give examples of principle in practice
• Improve the principle How?

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Texas History

• Homework-find an article that is an example of a
  principle in government write the principle and
  a summary with supportive evidence. ABC format
• Turn in comparing the U.S. and Texas
  Constitution only one side