Citizenship/Duties/Responsibilities
Forms/Systems of Gov
Influential Documents/Enlightenment
Revolution
AOC/BOR
100
What is a the difference between a duty and a responsibility?
duty=you have to do responsibility=you should do
100
What is a dictatorship?
when one person has absolute control
100
John Locke believed in these 3 natural rights
life, liberty, property
100
What day, month, and year did we sign the DOI to become independent from England (Britain)?
July 4, 1776
100
Why did the AOC fail?
weak
200
duty/responsibility- PAYING TAXES
duty
200
What is a direct democracy?
when citizens all get together and directly vote
200
What was the purpose of the Magna Carta?
Limit the power of the king
200
what was the first event that made England start taxing the colonists?
French and Indian war
200
What is the 8th amendment? (2 parts)
no cruel and unusual punishment no excessive bail
300
What is law of soil?
You are a citizen if you are born in the USA
300
What is an oligarchy?
few people rule
300
What was the purpose of Thomas Paine's Common Sense?
convince people to break away from England
300
What was the stamp act?
Tax on every printed paper the colonists used
300
What document replaced the AOC?
The Constitution
400
What is law of blood?
You are a citizen if your parents are citizens
400
Describe communism
when everyone is equal and the government owns everything
400
Who believed in separation of powers?
Montesquieu
400
What was the Quartering Act?
King of England made it legal for British soldiers to sleep in the colonists houses if needed
400
The NJ Plan favored large or small states?
small
500
Why is attending school a duty and a responsibility?
a duty if under 16 a responsibility because you should continue your education to be a better citizen
500
What is a confederal system of government?
when the states have the most power
500
What is a social contract
contract between a citizen and their government- give up freedom to get safety back from the government
500
What does "no taxation without representation" mean?
the colonists were being taxed but they had no representation in government
500
You have 10 seconds to name 3 random amendments and what they mean
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