The Declaration of Independence included these three major ideas: • People have certain Inalienable Rights including Life, Liberty and Pursuit of Happiness

• All Men are created equal

• Individuals have a civic duty to defend these rights for themselves and others

How important do you think these principals are today? Are we still living by them?

Which steps are important when designing and conducting a scientific experiment? hide the results from fellow scientists. identify the independent variable. eliminate all dependent variables. address any confounding variables. form a non-falsifiable hypothesis.

How does the principle of federalism affect the u. s. government? a. it guarantees that the united states will always be a representative democracy b. it ensures that the state governments have greater authority that the federal government c. it creates both separate and overlapping powers for the federal and state governments d. it divides the federal and state governments into three branches

Recall this unit’s essential question: what are the benefits and risks of interdependence? provide examples as evidence from your studies to explain two benefits and two risks of interdependence.