What are some of the ideas and values (need at least three) that the U. S. government is based on? What do these ideas mean in your own words?

Life, freedom, and the ability to own property

Explanation:

The original idea was that Americans could have the life they wanted, they were given freedom, and they would be allowed to own property without someone being able to take it away. (interesting fact you can throw in... the saying "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" was originally "life, liberty, and property")

Know that I did this from memory and may be wrong but these are three ideals the founding fathers had.

the catholic church withhold people's access to the bible during the middle ages.

people could go to church and listen to the teachings, but it was absolutely forbidden to own and/or read the books of both the old and new testaments. it was also prohibited to translate the books (which where originally in biblical hebrew) to any other language.

this was done so the church could remain in control of what their teachings were and to enhance their importance and power, while also being able to judge people's actions through information that was unavailable for the general public.