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The Legislative branch makes laws for the U.S and the leaders are the people in the Senate and House of Representatives. To be a senate you must be 30 years old, a citizen of that state and lived in that state for 6 years. Senators are elected for 4 year terms. House of Representative members are elected every 2 years, must be 24 years old, and lived in the state for 2 years. The Executive branch helps enforce laws. The leaders are the President and the cabinet members. The president serves for 4 to 8 years, 35 years old, and a resident for 14 years in the U.S. They are elected for every 4 years. The Judicial branch makes sure everything is constitutional. The leaders are the people in the Supreme Court. Judicial leaders serve for life, and are elected by the president. Below is a picture of the three branches of government.

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Separation of Powers and Checks and Balances: Crash Course Government and Politics #3

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The Checks and Balances system is a system that lets the three branches check the balances of the other two branches. For the Legislative branch it can override a veto from the Executive branch and can appoint or reject judicial nominations for the Judicial branch. For the Executive branch it can nominate federal judges for the Judicial branch and can veto laws made by the Legislative branch. For the Judicial branch it can declare a law unconstitutional for the Legislative branch and for the Executive branch it can declare acts unconstitutional. Below is a picture of checks and balances.

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Federalism is the divided powers of the Nation and State Government. Some examples of state powers would be issue licenses, establish local governments, etc. Some national powers would be declaring war, printing money, etc. Some Concurrent powers are setting up courts and creating and collecting taxes. Below is a picture of

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A 3-minute guide to the Bill of Rights - Belinda Stutzman

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The Bill of Rights is the first ten amendment to the constitution. The first amendment grants the freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition. The second amendment is the right to bear arms so that you can have weapons to defend yourself. The third amendment says that nobody has to quarter soldiers in their homes because it could cost a lot of extra money. The fourth amendment says that the government can only search and take peoples things once they get a warrant. The fifth amendment says that nobody should be charged for the same crime twice, nobody has to be a witness to themselves, a person's property can't be taken away without payment and can't be used for public use. The sixth amendment says that everyone has the right to a speedy and public trial which means that the cases happen quickly and be open to the public. This amendment also lets the person accused of the crime to be informed and they can confront the witness. The seventh amendment says that all Jury trials should be civil for example sueing someone for $20 or more.
The eighth amendment says that there should be no cruel or unusual punishment for example no torture. The 9th amendment says that even though some right aren't stated on the constitution doesn't mean that people don't have does rights. The tenth amendment says that powers not given to the national government should be given to the state's government. Below is a picture of the Bill of Rights.

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The Great Compromise was a compromise between Virginia and New Jersey that said how people will be represented in the government. Virginia wanted the bigger states to have more representatives, but New Jersey wanted every state to have equal representatives. Eventually they agreed that each state would have two senators and one representative per 30,000 people. also there was a house of representatives and a senate. This was known as the Great Compromise. Another compromise would be the 3/5 compromise which was a compromise between the North and the South on how slaves would count to a state's representation. The North said that slaves should just be counted as property because they didn't have power or votes. The South believed that slaves should count because they would get more representatives. Eventually  both sides agreed that 3/5 of the slaves counted towards the population. The president is elected by electors for each state for example the people go to vote then the parties electors that were voted for go and vote for a president. Below is a picture of the 3/5 compromise.

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The Articles Of Confederation is the U.S first form of a government. The Articles of Confederation had many weaknesses and few strengths. A strength of the Articles would be that it could create or sign treaties with other countries. Another strength would be the Northwest Ordinance because it said that all the new land would be under control of the government and would eventually become a part of more new states. A weakness of the Articles would be that it was unable to tax the states for money. This means that the Articles couldn't get any money. Another weakness would be that when the war was over the articles would pay the people that were in the war but couldn't because they couldn't get money from the states. Below is a picture of some strengths and weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.