us history

Chapter 1: Founding Principles Directions: Fill Each Box With Information Important To Gaining A Clear Understanding Of The Topic

1.1 Ideals of Democracy Thomas Hobbes and The Leviathan John Locke and Natural Law Natural Law

Jean-Jacques Rousseau and The Social Contract

Popular Sovereignty Baron Montesquieu and The Spirit of the Laws

Republicanism

Think as a Political Scientist: Describe how the principle of limited government applies to each of the following scenarios.

Practice: Describe how the principle of limited government applies to each of the following scenarios.

1. The state government establishes laws governing the legal age to drive.

2. A case before the Supreme Court determines whether a person can be fired for being LGBTQ.

3. The United States Department of Agriculture issues nutritional guidelines.

Thomas Jefferson John Adams Benjamin Franklin Foundational Document: The Declaration of Independence

Decentralized federal government under...

Convention in Philadelphia for the sole purpose of....

James Madison George Washington

Alexander Hamilton Grand Committee Big Idea: The U.S. Constitution establishes a system of checks and balances among branches of government and allocates power between federal and state governments. This system is based on the rule of law and the balance between majority rule and minority rights.

Representative Republic

Essential Question: How are democratic ideals reflected in the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution?

Democratic Ideals Examples in the Founding Documents