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Important ideas in the Declaration of Independence and in the Constitution…

- - - - Until the new Constitution was ratified, the country was governed by the Articles of Confederation
  - - - popular sovereignty
        
        government based on consent of the people.
      - limited government
        
        one whose legalized force and power is restricted through delegated and enumerated authorities.
      - separation of powers
        
        an act of vesting the legislative, executive, and judicial powers of government in separate bodies.
      - federalism
        
        the federal principle or system of government.
      - checks and balances
        
        principle of government under which separate branches are empowered to prevent actions by other branches and are induced to share power.
      - republicanism
        
        support for a republican system of government.
      - individual rights