Citizenship
Path to Democracy (Acts)
DOI
Enlightenment and Founding Documents
100
What is the difference between law of blood and law of soil?
Law of blood- parents are citizens
Law of soil- born on US soil or territory
100
Required colonists to purchase a government seal for official documents
Stamp Act
100
According to the Declaration of Independence, what was an “unalienable right” that all governments should protect?
The freedom of individual liberties
100
What is a big idea from the Magna Carta?
Limited monarchy/ limited government
200
In what two ways do the 14th amendment define a citizen?
Any person born or naturalized in the US is a citizen.
200
Required colonists to pay a tax on goods that they could not make (glass, paint, paper..)
Townshend Act
200
Which document was written and distributed to convince colonists to support declaring independence from Great Britain?
Common Sense by Thomas Paine
200
What is a big idea from the Mayflower Compact?
Self-government
300
What is the process of becoming a US citizen called?
Naturalization
300
Required the colonists to house and feed soldiers
Quartering Act
300
Using the events listed below, what is the correct sequence chronologically (from beginning to end)?
Events Leading to the American Revolution
- The Declaration of Independence is issued.
- British Parliament passes the Tea Act.
- Boston Tea Party staged to protest British policies.
- First battles are fought at Lexington and Concord.
2, 3, 4, 1
300
What was Thomas Paine's Common Sense?
A pamphlet to encourage colonist to declare independence from Great Britain.
400
Why is it important for citizens to fulfill the obligations and responsibilities of citizenship?
Answers vary.
400
Closed the Boston harbor, suspended the Massachusetts government
Intolerable Act
400
Which grievance is most closely related to the images above?
“For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:”
Tea Act
400
What are some ideas of John Locke? Define them.
Natural law- we are born with natural rights that aren't given and therefore can not be taken away.
Social contract theory- We give up some rights to be protected by the government. We can change the government if it doesn't work for us.
500
Why do we pay taxes?
Pay for things like...
Medicare
Social Security
Military
Food stamps
500
Required colonists to purchase only from the East India Tea Company
Tea Act
500
The passage below comes from the Declaration of Independence:
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.”
According to this passage, what is the principal role of the government?
To protect the natural rights of citizens.
500
What are some ideas of Montesquieu? Define them.
Checks and balances- each branch has equal power and can put another branch 'in their place'
Separation of powers- Different branches of government to share the power of the government.