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What is a type of government that we have in the United States where citizens have the power to elect the leaders to make the country’s laws?
Republic
An official member of a country
Citizen
The power of the government comes from the support of people. Elected leaders represent the people.
Democracy
Why do we have rules and laws?
For the common good of all people to create safe conditions for people to work and live.
What are some of the public services that the government provides?
Mail delivery, public schools, public parks
What are some of the public goods that the government provides?
highways, spaceships, military planes
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
The Declaration says that the American colonies no longer accepted Great Britain ____________________ or right to rule America.
sovereignty
The Declaration states that...
“all men are created equal”
The Declaration states that everyone is born with basic rights that require no proof, which means these rights are
self-evident
Since no one can take away the rights written in the Declaration they are said to be...
unalienable
The rights written in the Declaration are...
“ Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness”
The freedom to govern oneself.
Liberty
Why does government exist?
To protect the rights found in the Declaration of Independence
Who signed the Declaration first?
John Hancock
The plan and laws for our national government.
Constitution
