FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF U.S. DEMOCRACY
Principle
Description
Example
Rule of Law
- No one gets special treatment
- All people have to do what the law says
- No one is more important than others
- Everyone needs to follow the speed limit
including cops, president or the principal.
- No littering on the street
- The government cannot do whatever it
wants.
- The government is not all powerful.
- The government has to listen to what the
people wants.
- The president cannot decide what to do
without asking the people.
- The government cannot do anything
unless they ask the permission from the
people.
- Write letters of approval
- Elect or vote leaders
Limited Government
Consent of the Governed
Popular Sovereignty
Democracy
Representative
Government
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Type of government where the people
rule.
- When people protests.
- When people chooses their leader by voting.
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Where people select their leaders
represent them
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People doing their responsibility of voting.