Storybook

Understanding Our
Government

Created By: Haven Kellogg &
Miguel Retuerto

Chapter 1 - Declaration of
Independence

Picture Above - The signatures of the Declaration of The creation of the declaration of
Independence, with the first one of John Hancock. independence was one to remember. It all
started in Congress, when they would
argue about what to do for independence
and argue whether or not to separate
from Great Britain. They made the
decision to have Thomas Jefferson create
this because of his gift with words. He
accepted his duty to create this
declaration and he would want to help as
much as he could. As he started writing,
he just could not find the right words to
use. After several tries of writing, he
finally found the right words to use and
created the Declaration of Independence,
to which everyone signed on July 4, 1776,
with John Hancock.

Chapter 2 - Legislative
Branch

Picture Above - John Locke’s portrait, Two philosophers thought of the
John Locke is one of the philosophers idea of the Separation Of Powers of
government. The Separation Of Laws
mentioned divides into three branches. John
Locke declared one branch of
government to be used to enact laws
made by congress, but they cannot
enforce them.

To this day the government still
uses the same idea of this branch.
Congress and the members of this
branch both create the laws but lets
the other branch declare the law
(Executive Branch)

ENACT - To create

Chapter 3 - Executive
Branch

Two philosophers created the
idea of the Separation Of Powers.
John Locke and Montesquieu
declared the third branch of
Congress can enforce the laws made.
This branch is called the Executive
Branch.

To this day, Congress and
Government still use the branch idea,
and we still have the Executive
Branch. Members of this branch still
enforce the laws made by the
Legislative Branch.

Pictured Above - Baron De Montesquieu

Chapter 4 - Judicial Branch

Picture Above - The Baron De Montesquieu would
Supreme Court add the Judicial Branch to the
separation of powers during the
Enlightenment. Their main role is to
explain the laws of the Constitution.

To this day, we have the
Supreme Court and all other courts
in the Judicial Branch. There would
be a total of 9 judges in the Supreme
Court that was approved by the
president himself.

Chapter 5-
Amendments/Bill of Rights

James Madison, one of the
founding fathers, wrote the first 10
amendments, also known as the Bill
of Rights. Amendments were articles
that were added to the U.S.
Constitution.

To this day, Americans still use
the concept of the Amendments, we
abide by them everyday.