Founders-Influencers
Who was a Swiss Representative of Government who believed that every man gets a vote?
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Which type of government believes in no separation of church and state?
Theocracy
What is the definition of Civics?
The study of the rights and duties of citizenship
What are the two principles of government?
Limited Government and Representative Government
When was the Declaration of Independence Approved?
July 4, 1776
Who was French and believed in the separation of Powers?
Montesquieu
Private ownership of property and resources, free enterprise, and freedom of choice are all characteristics of ___________
Capitalism
What type of government is ruled only by a few people?
An Oligarchy
Who was the Revolutionary War fought between?
American Colonies and British
Who wrote the "Two Treaties of Government"/ Natural Rights: Life, liberty, and Property
John Locke
Who was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence?
John Hancock
Which type of government is ruled by a sovereign, solitary power, usually in a certain “royal” bloodline?
Monarchy
Which European document inspired the constitution
Magna Carta
What document set clear limits on what a Monarch (king/Queen) could and could not do?
English Bill of Rights
Author of Declaration of Independence, 3rd U.S. President
Thomas Jefferson
Which English king was forced by the nobles in 1215 to sign the Magna Carta?
King John
Which Government type is typically associated with Medieval Europe? Your Social status is dependent on your ownership of Land.
Feudalism
What are THREE of the FOUR main purposes of government? Good presidents get most of these right...
Maintaining Social Order, Providing Public Services, Providing National Security, Making Economic Decisions
In 1784, Spain closed what river to American shipping?
Lower Mississippi River
Intolerable acts were the first form of retaliation by Britain, they were also known as the
Coercive acts
Who led a rebellion against the Virginia colonial government after Virginia Governor William Berkely agreed to keep settlers from taking Native American land?
Nathaniel Bacon
What form of government was in use during World War Two, that could have been avoided if a certain Austrian boy with an ugly mustache had gotten accepted into his dream art school?
Fascism/Totalitarianism
What is Divine Right Theory?
a belief that a king's authority to rule comes from God
For the first continental congress, all colonies were in attendance but...?
Georgia
What 3 factors led the US into an economic depression
Drop in rice exports, Trade issues with Britain, Shortage of money