Civics_Ch2_webquest-atconvention-limitedgovt


 * Limited Government - the choice of our Founding Fathers**

Our Founding Fathers wanted **limited government**. __Vocabulary__ - They believed that the people were able to rule themselves and didn't need a government to make all of their decisions for them. They also believed in the **rule of law**, (__vocabulary__) which means that everyone including leaders and government officials must obey the law. The Founders didn't want to see the government being heavily involved in the lives of the people. They wanted the people to work hard and have success, but if there was failure then learn from the failure and keep working hard to eventually earn success. Limited government allows more individual freedom or personal freedom to make choices, even if the choice isn't the best. The Founders believed that the government shouldn't control the lives of the people. They wanted people to rely on themselves and rely on God.

The progressive agenda believes that people don't make wise decisions and therefore, the government should make decisions for the people to keep people from making mistakes. This takes away individual freedom to make choices and makes the government more powerful. Progressives favor a society in which the people rely on the government.

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