| A | B |
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| Representative Government | People elect public officeholders to make laws and conduct government on their behalf. |
| Rule of Law | The government and those who govern are bound by the law. |
| Consent of the governed | People are the source of ant and all governmental power. |
| Democracy | Government where the people rule. |
| Limited Government | Government is not all-powerful and may do only those things people have given it the power to do. |
| The preamble of the constitution sets forth the goals and purposes to be served by the | government |
| The preamble of the constitution of the United States of America expresses the reasons the constitution | was written |
| Purposes of U.S. government according to the Preamble | To form a union, to establish justice, to ensure domestic peace and to provide defense |
| The Preamble to the Constitution of the United States of America begins | We the People |
| The power of the government comes from | the people |
| Freedom of religious beliefs and opinions | Virginia Statue of Religious Freedom |
| Guaranteed rights of Englishmen to colonists | Charters of the Virginia Company of London |
| Articles of Confederation | Established the first form of national government for the independent states, Maintained that major powers resided with individual states, weakness of central government led to the writing of the constitution of the United States of America. |
| Declaration of Independence | Stated grievances against the king of Great Britain, declared the colonies independence from Great Britain, affirmed certain unalienable rights, and established the idea that all people are equal under the law. |
| The Virginia Declaration of Rights | Served as a model for the Bill of Rights of the Constitution of the United States of America. |
| Establishes the structure of the United States government | Constitution of the United States of America, including the Bill of Rights. |
