1.01 Natural Rights

What do Americans value as the basic individual or natural rights? Personal safety and security Owning property and voting Freedom, education, separation Life, liberty, pursuit of happiness

Life, liberty, pursuit of happiness

A government facing protests and demonstrations that are supported by most of its citizens and spread across its territory has lost consent of the governed limited government individual rights rule of law

consent of the governed

"In the government of this commonwealth, the legislative department shall never exercise the executive and judicial powers, or either of them. The executive shall never exercise the legislative and judicial powers, or either of them. The judicial shall never exercise the legislative and executive powers, or either of them. To the end it may be a government of laws and not of men."—Massachusetts Constitution, Part the First, Article XXX, 1780 Which two government principles does this quote reflect? Rule of law, consent of the governed Rule of law, limited government Individual rights, consent of the governed Individual rights, limited government

Rule of law, limited government

© 2012 Jupiterimages Corporation The highway you see here used to be a two-lane road and did not connect to other highways. Over the years, the highway was expanded and new ramps built to connect to other roads and highways. The changes in this image illustrate how government lets private companies build highways controls all national road construction builds and maintains highways passes laws on transportation

builds and maintains highways

An example of an important service the government provides to all U.S. citizens is military training transportation education housing

education

A "limited government" is a government that may operate without consent of the governed rules temporarily during times of emergency has restrictions on the powers of its officials sets an absolute time limit for all officials

has restrictions on the powers of its officials

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration designed this label for the public to be released in 2012. The image best illustrates how government is committed to protecting citizen safety controls how people run their businesses limits advertising for dangerous products influences the daily behavior of its people

is committed to protecting citizen safety

The Constitution divides the U.S. government into three branches that can each stop, or check, actions of the other branches. This division of power is a result of the principle of rule of law individual rights limited government representative government

limited government

Protection for individual rights in U.S. society reflects the idea that all people have divine rights natural rights right to consent unlimited rights

natural rights

Governments create laws and rules to prevent chaos limit freedom arrest people end equality

prevent chaos

Elections to choose officials to stand for the people's interests in the work of government reflect the principle of representative government limited government absolute authority rule of law

representative government

An example of a location that directly shows government in action is a hotel house school store

school