Government affects every citizen’s life in the United States, every single day. The goal of the Founding Fathers was to create a government that was in the hands of the people, not in the hands of a monarchy. Attributes of America provides a basic overview of the government system and allows readers to better appreciate the underlying principles of the Constitution of the United States.
The general public itself has to be knowledgeable about the issues confronting the nation. Attributes of America shows that our Constitutional Republic is dependent upon the citizens of the United States in order to be a success, in order that we preserve our current national government.
Attributes of America:
- Includes excerpts from the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution itself to help explain portions of these important topics
- Contains quotes from the Founding Fathers, such as Benjamin Franklin, that help establish a need that will be addressed in the following material
- Provides an overview into the structure and functions of our Constitutional Republic
- Gives different perspective on the common conception of government
Introduction
Chapter One: The Three Branches of Government
Chapter Two: Fundamental Documents that Underpin Our
Government
Chapter Three: How Laws Are Enacted
Chapter Four: Ways Citizens Shape and Influence the
Government
Chapter Five: American Exceptionalism
Chapter Six: Declaration of Independence
Chapter Seven: The Constitution
Chapter Eight: The Declaration, Constitution and Bill of
Rights
Chapter Nine: Constitutional Republic
Glossary
Cynthia Dunbar
Cynthia Dunbar is an American patriot of Native-American
descent. She currently is an author, public speaker and Vice President of
Curriculum and Instruction for Global Educational Ventures. She is a former
elected member of the Texas State Board of Education, Assistant Professor of
Law and Advisor to the Provost of Liberty University. While attending Law
School Dunbar received three separate American Jurisprudence Awards for
excellence, was an elected member of the Student Bar Association, Graduate
Assistant to the Dean, and a founding editor of the Law Review of Regent
University School of Law. She has conducted over 25 years of research and
studies involving Constitutional and common law issues.
