- Democratic ideals like limited government, natural rights, and popular sovereignty are foundational to American democracy
- The United States has various models of representative democracy including participatory, pluralist, and elite democracy
- The Federalists and Anti-Federalists had differing views on the role and scope of the central government
- The ratification of the U.S Constitution and the constitutional compromises were crucial milestones in the establishment of American democracy
- The principles of American government are based on separation of powers, checks and balances, and the amendment process outlined in the Constitution
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