consent

individual rights

A right is a claim or privilege to something. Individual rights are things every person has a claim or privilege to have for themselves. Even though our United States democracy operates by majority rule, we consider individual rights to be very important.

checks and balances

A right is a claim or privilege to something. Individual rights are things every person has a claim or privilege to have for themselves. Even though our United States democracy operates by majority rule, we consider individual rights to be very important. The United States government is divided into three branches: the Executive (President), the Legislative (Congress), and the Judicial (courts). The Founding Fathers also created a federal system

representative government

In a representative government, the citizens elect representatives that make decisions for the people and are responsible to the people. The beginnings of representative government could be seen in the ancient Roman empire.

rule of law

Rule of law means that no person is above the law. In the United States, nobody is above the law