Federal, Confederal, and Unitary Governments

Rule of Law

Laws should govern, not individuals . Laws that safeguard liberty

What country has a federal government?

United States

Confederal Government

a confederation is a system of government in which sovereign states delegate power to a central government for specific purposes

Our nation was what?

not created by common culture, geography, or centuries of tradition. Our nation was created by ideas

Due Process

state must respect all legal rights that are owned to a person

Federal Government

system where power is shared between local, state, and national government

Personal Liberty

"Life, Liberty, and Property"

What ideas carried the signing of Great Britian?

Magna Carta, Petition of Rights, English Bill of Rights

Limited Government

Government is not all powerful, it only has the ability to do what the people allow

Who came up with the consent of the governed, limited government, due process and the rule of law?

John Locke, Baron de Montesquieu, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Thomas Hobbes

Consent of the Governed

government gets power from the people they govern

Unitary Government

government power is all from the national level. There is no sharing of power