---
title: "SSCG2: Foundations of Constitutional Government (Georgia Social Studies standard)"
code: SSCG2
cite_as: Georgia Standards of Excellence, Social Studies, SSCG2
subject: social_studies
grades:
  - high-school
language: en
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source_last_changed: 2025-02-04
data_built: 2026-09-18
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# SSCG2: Foundations of Constitutional Government

Demonstrate knowledge of the political philosophies that shaped the development of United States constitutional government.

- Subject: Social Studies
- Appears in: High School, https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/social_studies/high-school.md

## Expectations

- **SSCG2.a**: Analyze key ideas of limited government and the rule of law as seen in the Magna Carta, the Petition of Right, and the English Bill of Rights.
- **SSCG2.b**: Analyze the impact of the writings of Hobbes (Leviathan), Locke (Second Treatise on Government), Rousseau (The Social Contract), and Montesquieu (The Spirit of the Laws) on our concept of government.
- **SSCG2.c**: Analyze the ways in which the philosophies listed in element 2b influenced the Declaration of Independence.

## Georgia Milestones coverage

No Georgia Milestones blueprint cites this standard.

Source: Georgia Standards of Excellence, published by the Georgia Department of Education at case.georgiastandards.org.