Serves as an introduction to the U.S. Constitution and establishes the goals and purposes of government.

Means that government depends on the people for its power and exists to serve them.

The new government should be better united than it was under the Article of Confederation.

The government should make laws and establish a system of courts that is fair to all. Punish all crimes fairly.

The government should preserve peace and calm within the country.

The government should work to protect the country from its enemies.

The government should help provide for the well-being of all the people.

The government should work to safeguard the freedom people have.

The government should maintain these goals for the present and all future generations.

A plan of government that is based on the idea of limited government.

Government has only those powers stated in the Constitution and granted to it by the people.

The idea that all people, including rulers and leaders, must obey the law. No one is above the law.

As a protection against tyranny, the framers created different branches of the federal government.

Ensures that no branch of the federal government becomes too powerful. Each of the three branches of government has ways to limit the other branches of government.

The power to make federal laws. Congress makes the laws.

The power to carry out and enforce the laws. The President enforces the laws.

The power to hear and decide cases. The Supreme Court interprets the Constitution.