What are the elements of government shared by the u. k. and u. s.?

Both the United States and the United Kingdom are Western Liberal Democracies.

This means that both the government provide freedom of religion, freedom of speech and the free rights of every human being.

Both governments provide the right for their population to choose their leaders, both on a local as well as on a national level.

While Judeo-Christian traditions have been strong in the history of both countries, they are officially secular, with a separation of State and Church and no official religion.

the first 10 amendments to the u.s. constitution are known as the bill of rights. those 10 amendments establish the most basic freedoms for americans including the rights to worship how they want, speak how they want, and assembly and peaceably protest their government how they want. the amendments have also been subject to much interpretation since their adoption, particularly the right to carry a gun under the second amendment.

"a bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on earth, general or particular, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inference," said thomas jefferson, the author of the declaration of independence and the third president of the united states.