1. Principles of American Government

2. Warm-up
List the basic powers that every government has. In other words list what the government does. What are there responsibilities.

3. Chapter 1 Section 1 pg 2-10
Objectives: Define government and the basic powers of every government holds
Describe four defining characteristics of the state
Identify four theories that attempt to explain the orgigin of the state
Understand th epurpose of government in the united States and other countries

4. Opening thoughts Things the government provides: Protection Education
Gaurds for public health
Protects the environment
Pave streets, regulate traffic, respond to fires
Provide for the elderly and the poor

5. What is government?
Government is the authority over society made up of people elected by the citizens.
Public policies are what the government decides to do ranging from
Taxation, education, crime, and health care

6. What is Government? Every government excercises three types of power
Legislative power – the power to make law (public policies)
Executive power- the power to enforce the law
Judicial power- the power to interpret the law

7. Legislative Branch
Article I of the Constitution states that the Legislative Branch consists of the House of Representatives and the Senate together form the United States Congress.
Congress the power to create public policies (laws) and declare war

8. Executive Branch
The power of the Executive Branch is the President of the United States
The president is known as Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces.
The President is responsible for:
implementing and enforcing the laws written by Congress
appoint the heads of the federal agencies, including the Cabinet.

9. Judicial Branch
Article III of the U.S. Constitution establishes the federal judicial branch of government.  
Federal courts have the power to interpret the law, determine the constitutionality of the law, and apply it to individual cases.
The courts, like Congress, can compel the production of evidence and testimony through the use of a subpoena.
The inferior courts are constrained by the decisions of the Supreme Court — once the Supreme Court interprets a law, inferior courts must apply the Supreme Court's interpretation to the facts of a particular case.

10. What is Government? Every government excercises three types of power
Legislative power – the power to make law (public policies) Article 1
The House of Representatives
The Senate
Known as congress
Executive power- the power to enforce the law Article 2
The President and the cabinet
Judicial power- the power to interpret the law Article 3
The federal courts
The inferior courts

11. Brief Review Public policies are the laws constructed by congress.
The constitution is the rule book for the government. It outlines how it runs in the different branches of government.
The legislative, executive, and judicial branch all have separate duties.

12. What is Government?
The powers that the government hold are outlined in the counsitution
Constitution is the fundamental laws, principles, and process of a government
THE CONSTITUTION IS THE RULE BOOK FOR GOVERNMENT

13. The State The State is a body of people in an area They are organized
They have an established way to enforce law
They consent to the local authority
The four characteristics of a state are population, boundaries, independent, and government.
Note: In the united states the states are not indendent they are subordinate to the constitution.

14. The Purpose of Government
Form a More Perfect Union- Bring the American people closer together
Establish Justice- the law must be fair, reasonable, and impartial
Insure Domestic Tranquility- Keep order in society
Provide for the Common Defense- Defend the U.S. from other countries
Promote the General Welfare- the government should provide services that benefit all or most people
Secure the Blessings and liberty- secure rights and liberties of the individual

16. Directions
Using Amendments 1-9 choose 6 to illustrate. You must have the name of the Amendment in the box. You also need to define the Amendment.

17. Be Funny

18. Be Neat!

19. Final Project

20. The Coming of Independence pg 34
Objectives: