1. The Six Basic
Principles
Ch 3.1

2. Outline of Constitution
 Framework procedures for government
 Created the limits of gov’t
 Brief document (7,000 words)
 Deals with principles, not details
 Preamble
 Basic introduction
 Articles
 7 sections covering different areas of gov’t

3. Popular Sovereignty
 Power resides with the people
 “We the People of the United States…”

4. Limited Government
 Government can only do what the
people let it
 Government must obey the law
 Constitutionalism
 Rule of law
 Government subject to the law
 Much of Constitution prohibits
gov’t from doing things
 “Congress shall make no laws…”