American Government Part I: The Us Constitution - The Concepts Were Revolutionary and Remain So to This Day. How did the founding fathers come up with the concepts embedded in the U.S. Constitution? The main purpose of government is to promote the public good. The Classical Age - The Greeks invented democracy. The Romans invented the republic and citizenship. Medieval England - The Magna Carta established the principle of limited government. The main purpose of government is to protect individual rights. The Judeo-Christian Ethic - the importance of the individual. The Glorious Revolution - A constitutional monarchy and the English Bill of Rights. John Locke - Natural Rights and the Social Contract. Montesquieu - Three Branches, Separation of Powers, Checks & Balances, plus Majority Rule/Minority Rights. The Mayflower Compact - Consent of the Governed. The Great Awakening - Separation of Church & State. The Declaration of Independence - Political equality ("All men are created equal.")

Students recreate the Constitutional Convention of 1787 and then examine the principles beneath the Constitution: tyranny of the majority, separation of powers, checks and balances, an independent judiciary, enumerated powers, the rule of law, federalism, and civilian control of the military.

Examine all seven articles of the Constitution, then zoom in on the 3 branches of government - the President, Congress and Supreme Court. Each branch: What is its purpose? What power does it have? How is its power checked by the other branches?

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