The principle of limited government is fundamental and is essential to a democracy.
One way the Constitution limits the power of the national government is by specify not only the powers of government but also those things that the government is prohibited from doing. Representative government is a part of the U.S. Constitution because people elect delegates to make laws and conduct government. The U.S. Constitution has revenue where the government collects money from taxes. In the Declaration of
Independence, the Americans were no longer under the British rule. The Articles of
Confederation, was an agreement of the 13 original states which served as the first