Constitution - A set of rules that guides how a country state or other political organization works , amendment - A change or addition to a law, popular sovereignty - A Government based on consent of the people, republicanism  - The  idea of governing a nation as a republic, separation of powers - The legislative executive and judicial functions of government are divided among separate and independent branches, checks and balances - To be sure that on branch does not become more powerful  than the other branches so each branch is given power to check on the other branches , limited qovernment - A political structure where laws limit the use of power to avoid abuse of power, federalism  - The constitutional division of power between the US state governments and the national government, individual rights - The basic rights to life and liberty mentioned in the Declaration of Independence, preamble  - An introduction to a document that describes the documents purpose.,

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