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1 -Leaders are not above the law
Rule of Law -Leaders are not above the law -Magna Carta 1215 gave rights to the English people and limited King/Queen

2 -US Congress was modeled after England’s Parliament
Legislature -Lawmaking group -US Congress was modeled after England’s Parliament (Parliament is stronger than the King/Queen)

3 -Life, Liberty and Property
Natural Rights -John Locke -Life, Liberty and Property

4 -Give up some freedoms in exchange for government protection
Social Contract -Jean Jacques Rosseau -Give up some freedoms in exchange for government protection

5 -Separate branches of government to balance it
Separation of Powers -Baron de Montesquieu -Separate branches of government to balance it

6 -Government by the consent (approval) of the governed (people)
Popular Sovereignty -Government by the consent (approval) of the governed (people)

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