NCES.CE.C&G.1 - Analyze the foundations and development of American government in terms of principles and values.
NCES.CE.C&G.1.2
Civics & Economics
Explain how the Enlightenment and other contributing theories impacted the writing of the Declaration of Independence, the US Constitution and the Bill of Rights to help promote liberty, justice and equality (e.g., natural rights, classical theories of government, Magna Carta, Montesquieu, Locke, English Bill of Rights, etc.).