Magna Carta Vocab
_________________ is a form of government with a monarch (king/queen) at the head.
What is a MONARCHY?
No one is above the law, and everyone under the authority of the constitution is obligated equally to obey the law.
What is RULE OF LAW?
Which Amendment is below?
(Right to Bear Arms)
THE PEOPLE HAVE THE RIGHT TO KEEP AND USE GUNS TO HELP PROTECT THE COUNTRY.
What is the 2nd Amendment?
Rule of Law
What is Both? Magna Carta and Constitution
The movie "The Patriot" takes place during what war?
What is Revolutionary War?
_______ _________ is historic English document signed in 1215 that limited the powers of the king and established certain legal rights for subjects
What is MAGNA CARTA?
A legal document that outlines the rights, responsibilities, and principles of a group or organization.
What is a CHARTER?
Which amendment is below?
(Freedom of Religion & Expression)
THE GOVERNMENT CANNOT:
1) SET UP A RELIGION. TAKE AWAY FREEDOM OF RELIGION, FREEDOM OF SPEECH, or FREEDOM OF THE PRESS.
What is the 1st Amendment?
Limit the powers of the King
What is Magna Carta?
A system of government in which power is vested in the people, who rule either directly or through elected representatives
What is Democracy?
____________ is the act or process of governing, managing, or controlling an organization, state, or people.
What is GOVERNANCE?
A change or addition to the terms of a contract or document.
What is an AMENDMENT?
What is the amendment below?
(Quartering Soldiers)
THE GOVERNMENT CANNOT MAKE PEOPLE LET SOLDIERS STAY IN THEIR HOMES.
What is the 3rd Amendment?
Writ of Habeas Corpus (no wrongful imprisonment)
What is both? Magna Carta & Constitution.
The first ten amendments of the U.S. Constitution, added in 1791 and consisting of a formal list of citizens’ rights and freedoms
What is the Bill of Rights?
____________ is a cruel and oppressive government or rule.
What is TYRANNY?
The highest law in the United States and establishes the federal government, the branches of government, and the rights of citizens.
What is the U.S. CONSTITUTION?
(Rights to Due Process of Law)
THE GOVERNMENT CANNOT:
1) TRY A PERSON MORE THAN ONCE FOR THE SAME CRIME.
2) MAKE A PERSON TESTIFY AGAINST HIMSELF/HERSELF.
What is 5th Amendment?
Sets fair laws for all people in a new country
What is Constitution?
What colony is Benjamin Martin from in the movie the Patriot?
What is South Carolina?
______________ is the dominant social system in medieval Europe, in which the nobility held lands from the Crown in exchange for military service
What is FUEDALISM?
The idea that the authority of a government is only legitimate if the people it governs agree to it.
What is the CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED?
What amendment is below?
(Right to a Free Trial)
A PERSON CHARGED WITH A CRIME HAS THE RIGHT TO:
1) A SPEEDY AND PUBLIC TRIAL.
2) A JURY TRIAL IN A CRIMINAL CASE.
3) BE TOLD WHAT HE/SHE IS ACCUSED OF DOING WRONG.
What is the 6th amendment?
Due process (no unfair denial of life, liberty or property)
What is both? Magna Carta & Constitution.
Name two founding fathers.
George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, George Mason, John Adams, Patrick Henry, James Madison, Benjamin Franklin, John Hancock,