CE. 2

CE.2	The student will apply social science skills to understand the foundations of American constitutional government by

a)	explaining the fundamental principles of consent of the governed, limited government, rule of law, democracy, and representative government;

b)	examining and evaluating the impact of the Magna Carta, charters of the Virginia Company of London, the Virginia Declaration of Rights, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom on the Constitution of Virginia and the Constitution of the United States, including the Bill of Rights;

c)	describing the purposes for the Constitution of the United States as stated in its Preamble; and

d)	describing the procedures for amending the Constitution of Virginia and the Constitution of the United States.