Democracy and capitalism.
Democracy is our political system based off the idea that government should be for the people, by the people. Capitalism is the economic system that allows citizens to control the market without government interference , thus giving in the term "free-market".
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A person's basic beliefs about political values and the role of government is referred to as their political ideology. Liberalism and conservatism are two examples of prominent political ideologies.
The two important precedents that were established for the federal government in the U.S. was a strong central government and a National Banking System
Federalism is a system of shared sovereignty between two levels of government. Initially, in the United States, federalism referred to a stronger national government, however the meaning of the term has evolved over the year.
checks and balances
The Founding Fathers created the United States government in a way that would keep each branch of the government from having too much power. Each branch--Legislative, Executive, and Judicial--has power over the other two. This keeps the government from being controlled by one sole part of our country's government.