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| Consent of the Governed | The people are the source of any and all governmental power. |
| Limited Government | Government is not all-powerful and may do only those things the peope have given it the power to do. |
| Rule of Law | The government and those who govern are bound by the law, as thise who are governed. |
| Democracy | A system of government in which the people rule. |
| Representative Government | The people elect public officeholders to make and conduct government on the people’s behalf. |
| Charters of the Virginia Company of London | Guaranteed the rights of Englishmen to the colonists. |
| Virginia Declaration of Rights | Served as a model for the Bill of Rights |
| Declaration of Independence | Established the idea that all people are equal under the law. |
| Articles of Confederation | Established the first form of national government for the independent states. |
| Virginia Statue for Religious Freedoms | Stated freedom of religious beliefs and opinion. |
| Bill of Rights | The first ten amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America |
| Constitution of the United States | Affirmed individual worth and dignity of all people. |
| Preamble | Expresses the reasons the constitution was written (Begins with “We the People”) |
| Amendments | 27 of these have been added to the Constitution to date. |
| Congress | The lawmaking body can propose a change to the Constitution of the United States of America. |
| General Assembly | This lawmaking body can propose changes to the Constitution of Virginia. |
| Domestic Tranquility | This purpose of the Constitution of the United States can be described as peace at home. |
| 1st Amendment | This Constitutional amendment guarantees the freedom religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition. |
| Petition | This freedom states that the people have the right to have their grievances heard by the government. |
| 5th Amendment | This Constitutional amendment ensures due process at the national level. |
| 14th Amendment | This Consitutional amendment ensure due process at the state level and defines citizenship. |
