Income and Taxes
Forms of Government
The Enlightenment
Influential Documents
In the Colonies
100
Most people who have a job, most people who purchase items, and most people who own property pay these.
(26) What are taxes?
100
Citizens vote on the issues themselves, rather than electing representatives to decide for them.
(6) How do citizens vote in a direct democracy?
100
This philosopher thought that under a social contract, people give up all freedoms in exchange for government protection.
(9) Who is Thomas Hobbes?
100
This document introduced the idea of limited government.
(15) What is the Magna Carta?
100
This is a written agreement between people.
(17) What is a compact?
200
The total amount of earning made over a one-year period after all deductions have been made.
(27) What is net annual income?
200
Citizens elect leaders to do the work of governing on their behalf.
(8) What is a representative democracy?
200
A government based in representative democracy.
(12) What is a republic?
200
This document was influenced by the Enlightenment Period.
(16) What is the Declaration of Independence?
200
Colonists could only buy tea from the British East India Company.
(19) What is the Teas Act of 1773?
300
The total amount of earning made over a month, before any deductions.
(28) What is gross monthly income?
300
In this form of government the leader is called a king or queen.
(10) What is a monarchy?
300
This philosopher thought that power should be equally divided amongst branches of government; and called this separation of powers.
(14) Who is the Baron de Montesquieu?
300
Written by Thomas Paine in 1776, this pamphlet pushed the colonists closer to declaring independence.
(21) What is Common Sense?
300
This required citizens to pay additional taxes on all paper documents, including calendars and almanacs.
(23) What is the Stamp Act?
400
A social insurance program that provides retirement benefits for U.S. citizens over age 65.
(29) What is Social Security?
400
When citizens abide by what over half the citizens want.
(7) What is majority rule?
400
This philosopher believed government should serve the people.
(18) Who is John Locke?
400
This created the first self government amongst the pilgrims who came from Europe to the New World.
(24) What is the Mayflower Compact?
400
This required colonists to allow British troops live in their homes without paying rent.
(25) What is the Quartering Act?
500
This improves roads, supports government, and pays retirement benefits.
(26) What is the purpose of taxes?
500
No one is in charge; there is no formal government.
(10) What is anarchy?
500
Life, liberty, and property. You are born with this thing and the should not be taken away from you.
(22) What are natural rights?
500
This document limited the powers of the King, and expanded the duties of parliament.
(20) What is the English Bill of Rights?
500
Libraries, parks, and schools.
(13) What are public services run by the government?
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