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What did the 14th Amendment do?
defined a citizen
Monarchy?
Form of government run by a King or Queen
Dictatorship?
A form of autocracy when a military leader gains control through violence and has unlimited power
Unitary?
All the power is in the Central Government
What is another word for a Representative Democracy?
a Republic
Name the two types of citizenship
Law of Soil and Law of Blood
A form of government where one person has unlimited power
Country's first form of government?
Articles of Confederation
Confederal?
the state has all the power and a weak central government
Systems of Government deals with what?
which LEVEL of government has the power (Federal, State, Local)
Obligation?
Something a U.S citizen has to do by law
essays written to persuade colonists to ratify the Constitution
Federalist Papers
Direct Democracy?
People vote on laws, no representation
Federal System?
Power is shared between the Federal, State and local Government
Group that wanted a Bill of Rights included in the Constitution?
Anti-Federalists
Responsibility?
Something a U.S citizen should do
Absolute Monarchy?
When the King or queen has unlimited power
Oligarchy?
rule by a small group of wealthy people
life, liberty and property?
John Locke's Natural Rights
How does a King or queen come into power?
It is inherited
What is Naturalization?
The process of how a person becomes a U.S citizen.
Enlightenment thinker whose ideals dealt with Natural Rights?
John Locke
long sentence that explains why the Constitution was written
the Preamble
Who is the actual leader in a Parliamentary system of government?
the Prime Minister
Democratic ideal created by Baron de Montesquieu?
Separation of Powers