1. Who? What? When? Where? And Why?The Constitution Our Country’s Foundation In this presentation you will see the Who’s What’s When’s Where’s and Why’s of the Constitution. You will also see my thoughts and more. By: Monique Cooper

3. Limited Government-the government’s powers are restricted to protect the people’s individual rights

4. Checks and Balances- governing power is separated into the Executive, Judicial, and Legislative branches to prevent the focus and abuse of governing power by one branch

5. Judicial Review- this gives the judicial branch the power to strike down laws and other government actions as unconstitutional

11. Establish Justice- provide reasonable laws that are fair, unbiased (impartial) and also make the administration or the people facilitating on behalf of the law are also fair, unbiased, and reasonable

13. Promote The General Welfare- this is to allow states and their people to benefit from the protection of a strong national government militarily and economically

15. Our government got Checks and Balances

17. The Magna Carta- a 1215 document that is considered the beginning of constitutional England

18. Early state documents- including those of Connecticut and Massachusetts

19. The English Bill of Rights- a 1689 document written after King James II abused his power and abdicated the government

20. The Articles of Confederation- a 1777 document written to show the union of the first 13 states of our nationRead more:

22. http://www.allabouthistory.org

23. http://www.usconstitution.net

24. The textbook

25. http://www.google.com