Vocabulary I
States that no one is above the law and even the president has to follow the rules
Rule of Law
Another word for complaints or problems
Grievances
This person believed that there was a social contract between the government and also that people have natural rights.
John Locke
Known as the "Father of the Declaration of Independence"
Thomas Jefferson
A form of government in which the people vote on all matters
Republic
Having a say in the government is the definition for this word
Representation
The principle that no person can be deprived of life, liberty, or property without fair legal procedures and safeguards
Due Process
Believed that there must be a separation of powers and a system of checks and balances.
Montesquieu
The number of grievances in the Declaration of Independence
27
A country that is rules ruled by one leader who controls the government, military, and media. Citizens cannot freely criticize the government or vote for other political parties.
Dictatorship
A form of government in which the people vote on all matters
Democracy
Explain how Law of Soil and Law of Blood are different
Law of Soil is when a person is born on American land
Law of Blood a person has one or both parents being a citizen of the United States
The Founding Fathers used the concept of "self-governing" when they wrote the Constitution. This idea came from this document.
The Mayflower Compact
Describe in order the events that led to the Founding Fathers writing the Declaration of Independence.
The French & Indian War, The Proclamation of 1763, Sugar Act, Stamp Act, Quartering Act, Townshend Acts, Boston Massacre, Tea Act, Boston Tea Party, Intolerable Acts, Lexington & Concord, Second Continental Congress, the writing and signing of the Declaration of Independence
A country that is ruled by a religious leader whose religious beliefs influences how the country is ruled
Theocracy
Defined what citizenship was and found in an important document
14th Amendment & found in the U.S. Constitution
A form of government in which the citizens elect representatives
Republic
An influential document that gave the Founding Fathers the idea that the government should provide the people with a trial by jury and not to be taxed without consent when writing the U.S. Constitution.
Magna Carta
Describe in order the events that led to the Founding Fathers writing the Declaration of Independence.
The French & Indian War, The Proclamation of 1763, Sugar Act, Stamp Act, Quartering Act, Townshend Acts, Boston Massacre, Tea Act, Boston Tea Party, Intolerable Acts, Lexington & Concord, Second Continental Congress, the writing and signing of the Declaration of Independence
Define these forms of government:
1. a government led by a hereditary ruler who claims unlimited powers
2. a democratic form of government in which citizens make public decisions directly, either in a popular assembly or through a popular vote
3. a government in which the ruling power is in the hands of a few people
1. absolute monarchy
2. direct democracy
3. oligarchy
Process in which a person follows in order to become a citizen.
List the steps in order
Naturalization
Immigrate to the country
Apply for permanent residency
Apply for citizenship
Be interviewed
Take the citizenship test
Go through a ceremony
Words, definitions and examples
citizen-A person with legal status and rights in a nation
Obligation- something a person is required to do; a duty. Examples: The Selective Service, Jury Duty
Responsibility- Something for which one is responsible or answerable. Examples: Voting, Obey Laws, Volunteer in the Community
Respect for the rule of law
Ethical ideas of justice
1. characteristics shared by ancient Rome and the Judeo-Christian tradition?
2. Judeo-Christian influences on the Founding Fathers
3. Ancient Rome
"Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness." Name the person who influenced Jefferson and what is being described.
John Locke & the social contract
Define these forms of government and provide examples of countries that use them
1. a democratic government based on a written constitution
2. a system of government in which the powers of a monarch are limited by a constitution, either written or unwritten
3. a democratic form of government in which citizens make public decisions directly, either in a popular assembly or through a popular vote
4. a political system in which voters elect lawmakers to represent them in the nation’s parliament; the elected lawmakers choose a prime minister to head the executive branch
1.Constitutional Democracy, The U.S.
2. constitutional monarchy, Britain
3. direct democracy, U.S., Switzerland
4. parliamentary democracy- Britain, Denmark. India...