research the governmental policies that helped shape our constitutional republic today. look for examples of policies that were established during the colonial period which are still in use today. some things to think about are the powers of the federal government separated among three branches, the system of checks and balances and the process by which bills become laws. (a good reference is the federalist papers, no. 1,2,30,45,47,69,80) write your findings in a 350 word or more