Resumen en inglés sobre el sistema político de los EEUU para alumnos/as de 4º de ESO y 1º de Bachillerato.

1. THE POLITICAL SYSTEM OF THE USA

2. In 1776 thirteen colonies in North
America declared their
independence from the Great
Britain.
http://www.ushistory.org/declarati
on/document/

5. The United States is
a federal republic in
which the president,
Congress, and
courts share powers
reserved to the
national government
according to its
Constitution. At the
same time, the
federal government
shares sovereignty
with the state
governments.

6. Estados Unidos es una
república, presidencial y
federal. Su gobierno tiene unos
poderes limitados enumerados
en la Constitución de los
Estados Unidos. Su forma de
gobierno es conocida como
democracia presidencialista
porque el presidente es a la vez
jefe del Estado y jefe del
gobierno . La elección del
presidente es indirecta a través
de compromisarios o grandes
electores.

10. The Bill of the Rights is the first ten amendments to the
US Constitution.
The Bill of Rights amendments add to the Constitution
specific guarantees of personal freedoms and rights,
clear limitations on the government's power in judicial
and other proceedings, and explicit declarations that all
powers not specifically delegated to Congress by the
Constitution are reserved for the states or the people.

11. The right is specifically protected by
the US Constitution and many state
constitutions, which grant a right to
own arms for individual use and to
bear these same arms both for
personal protection and for use in a
militia.
The Second Amendment to the United
States Constitution reads:
A well regulated militia, being
necessary to the security of a free
state, the right of the people to keep
and bear arms, shall not be infringed.