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 * 1) ===Compare and contrast unitary*, confederal*, and federal* systems of government. ===
 * 2) ===Define and provide examples of constitutionalism, rule of law, limited government and popular sovereignty in the United States Constitution and explain the relationship of these three constitutional principles to the protection of the rights of individuals. ===
 * 3) ===Describe the sources of authority from ancient to modern times that provided governmental legitimacy. ===
 * 4) ===Define and provide examples of foundational ideas of American government, including natural rights philosophy, social contract, popular sovereignty, constitutionalism, representative democracy, political factions, federalism and individual rights, which are embedded in Founding-Era documents. ===
 * 5) ===Compare and contrast the ideas of the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists regarding the respective roles of state and national government on ratification of the United States Constitution (1787–1788). ===
 * 6) === Analyze the United States Constitution and explain characteristics of government in the United States , which define it as a federal, presidential, constitutional and representative democracy. ===

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