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Once upon a time there lived an evil Queen- 

Queen England. The Queen treated Snow White 

very poorly, so one day Snow White left in 

hopes of having a better life. Snow White 

became very lost in her ways and stumbled 

upon the 7 principles. They too had been 

mistreated by the Queen, and they were willing 

to take her in, under a few conditions...

Under this house hold I think the PEOPLE should have the ultimate 

authority and the government's actions are based upon what the 

people want. This is laid out in our constitution in Article 1, Section 

2; it says that people elect leaders and can impeach them too. 

Amendments 15, 19, 23, and 26 gives everyone in the U.S. the right 

to vote and that right can not be taken away. Also at the beginning of 

the constitution it says "We the people..." indicating that everyone 

has a voice.

It is necessary to have this because the Queen never allowed us to 

have a say in things and she ruled things her way. This affects us 

by allowing us to actually rule ourselves, and if 

we have a bad leader, we wont have to be stuck 

with them and their awful actions.

We should have a Limited Government that dictates that the rule of law 

protects the rights of citizens, maintains order, and limits the power of 

the government. This way it makes sure all citizens are equal under the 

law, including our leaders! Limited Government is reflected in the 

constitution in Article 2, Section 4. It talks about how the president and 

all civil Officers of the United States can be removed from Office on 

Impeachment for crimes. This includes the idea that the law implies to 

every citizen, now matter how high ranked you are. This idea was 

originated from several places. One is the Fundamental Orders of 

Connecticut, where it clearly lists what the government can and cant do. 

Another document was the Magna Carta, that limited the power of the 

kind in England.

Limited Government affects you by protecting us from a 

cruel leader like Queen England! It also makes sure that

we aren't being ruled by a criminal that will lead us to 

doom! 

I also think we should use republicanism, where we the citizens elect representatives 

to make decisions on their behalf, this is considered a form of democracy. 

Republicanism is reflected in the Constitution in Article 1, section 2, 1. It says that 

the people of each state elect a person to represent the people of that state and 

their opinions in the House of Representatives. 

Republicanism was originally used in Parliament, which was England's representative 

government. I like the idea of electing representatives, except in the constitution we 

won't use the exact same way England did, they only had one house elected by the 

people. This concept of republicanism was also used in the Virginia House of 

Burgesses! It was the first representative government in the colonies. Our 

representatives can also present a bill before congress in order to one day turn that 

bill into a law! 

This principle effects you by allowing your voice and ideas 

to be heard. It's better to use republicanism than direct

democracy because we have way too many people and not

enough time to hear each and everyone's ideas. If we

use republicanism, you and your state

can combine ideas that are easier

for the House of Representatives

to take in and possibly use.

Our house hold will have Separation of Powers. This principle means that in our 

government , power is divided among three equal branches, and each branch has specific 

areas of concern and specific powers. We can find this in the Constitution in Article 1,2, 

and 3. Each article talks about a certain branch and its powers. The three branches are 

the Executive Branch, Legislative Branch, and Judicial Branch. 

This brilliant idea came from Baron de Montesquieu, he believed that the government 

should be split into 3 branches to keep one government from becoming too powerful. After 

experiencing Queen England, we want to ensure that one person or group can't become 

too powerful. With the Separation of Powers, there will be more thought put into the 

different sections each branch is responsible for. We will have a more well- structured 

government to secure your safety. An example is that the 

Executive Branch enforces laws, instead of just one ruler, like Queen 

England doing all the enforcing, we will have one branch that is 

specifically qualified for enforcing the laws.

I think what Dopey has to say is a great idea, but I also think we should add on to it 

so that the separation of powers plan goes smoothly! I'm proposing the idea of 

checks and balances. The branches will interact with each other through this system. 

Checks and Balances are powers and controls that each branch has over the other 

two branches. When me and Dopey's ideas are combined they will work together to 

ensure that no part of our government becomes too powerful. The Checks and 

Balances are reflected in the Constitution when it talks about the power each branch 

has over one another and how they are able to chack each other. Of course, Baron 

de Montesquieu and his genius mind also came up with the idea of checks and 

balances. Checks and Balances make sure that the president, Legislative branch, 

Judiciary branch, etc. doesn't over throw any other branch and turn our government 

into a dictatorship. The Queen of England abused her powers, but no one could stop 

her because we didn't have the Checks and Balances system.This affects us by 

protecting us from a dictatorship. We will never have to worry about losing our 

government we have always dreamed of and worked so hard for!

Yeah, Yeah... all this talk about the national government, let's not forget about the 

state power here!!! I say we should use federalism, a system of government in 

which power is divided between a central government and smaller political units. The 

Constitution assigns certain powers to the national government (delegated powers), 

powers to the states (reserved powers), and powers shared between both the 

states and the U.S. (concurrent powers). It is also reflected in the tenth 

amendment, which gives powers not delegated to the U.S. to the states. 

The origin of federalism is from the Albany plan of Union. Benjamin Franklin was the 

first one to suggest that colonies could keep individual power while banding together 

for the good of the whole. The states were afraid of giving up their power to the 

central government, so they rejected it. We soon learned that when the states are 

given most of the power, the nation as a whole doesn't do very well. This affects 

you in many ways, depending on what state you live in. Like your education is 

chosen by the state you live in, so you could be learning something totally different 

than a person who lives in Florida. The age 

that you can start driving is also dependent on what state you live in. 

Though when it comes to delegated powers, every state must follow

 the same rules.

Last but not least... our our household will have Individual Rights. This is the 

idea that all people are born with certain rights that can't be taken away from 

the government, in fact it is the governments job to protect these rights. This 

is reflected in the constitution in the Bill of Rights, where it states all our rights. 

For example the first amendment gives us the freedom of speech, press, 

religion and the right to assemble and to petition the government. Some 

feared that since some rights weren't listed, it meant that we didn't have those 

rights. Amendment 9 states that people have rights not listed in this list of 

rights. I think we should have individual rights in the constitution because we 

feel like Queen England took away many of our individual rights! John Lock 

also had a similar idea called "natural rights" and believed the government 

should protect them. The Anti-Federalists also felt that a strong central 

government would take away the rights of the people. They felt that a list of 

rights should be included in the Constitution to make sure this doesn't happen. 

Individual Rights affects us by ensuring that we are being treated equal and 

that are rights are not taken away from us. An example is our right of 

freedom from unjust search and seizure; so the government can't just 

barge into our house with out a warrant.

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