Types of Government
A form of government where one individual holds complete and absolute power over a country. May have other parts of government, but they always do what the ruler wants.
This document was issued and passed before the Declaration of Independence and served as the primary inspiration for many of the amendments in the Bill of Rights.
What is the Virginia Declaration of Rights?
This amendment gives citizens the right, among others, to assemble freely.
What is the First Amendment?
This document was sent to King George III in an attempt to prevent the Revolutionary War from breaking out.
What is the Olive Branch Petition?
This philosopher believed that men were far too cruel and self-interested for democracy to work, and that the best government form was absolute rule.
Who is Thomas Hobbes?
A type of government where there are no rulers, can be considered as no government at all.
What is Anarchy?
These two groups called for a complete boycott of all British goods, and heavily enforced it among themselves and others: Called the Non-Importation Movement.
Who are the Sons and Daughters of Liberty?
This amendment gives American citizens the right to an attorney if they cannot afford one.
What is the Sixth Amendment?
These are the three parts to the Declaration of Independence:
What are the Preamble, the Grievances, and the Declaration?
This Philosopher believed that a government existed to protect natural rights and it could only exist if those citizens gave their consent to be governed.
Who is John Locke?
A type of government where a small group of people holds all the power. The group that holds the power can be limited by political party, racial group, social class
What is an Oligarchy?
A series of laws passed by the British Parliament that imposed restrictions on colonial trade, forcing all trade to go through England.
What are the Navigation Acts?
This Amendment gives citizens the right to have a civil trial decided by a jury, instead of only a judge in many cases.
What is the Seventh Amendment?
This American organization helped uncover Benedict Arnold attempting to give West Point to the British?
What is The Culper Spy Ring?
This period in history saw an explosion of philosophers using logic and reason to question traditional authority.
What is The Enlightenment?
A type of government in which religious law holds supreme authority and is used to govern the country. It can be combined with other forms of government.
What is Theocracy?
This British act put a tax on paint, lead, glass, and sugar. Led to many boycotts, especially in the town of Boston.
This amendment states that all the rights not listed in the Constitution belong to the people, not the government, as in citizens have rights beyond what’s in the Constitution.
What is the Ninth Amendment?
This was the territory gained by the newly-independent United States after the American Revolution.
What are the Northwest Territories?
This philosopher and his theories are credited with being the father of modern-day capitalism.
Who is Adam Smith?
A Government idea where power is concentrated in one individual.
What is Autocracy?
A period in the 1700s in which England purposely neglected the colonies because it did not have the soldiers or money to enforce the Navigation Acts. Colonists were used to ruling themselves.
What is Salutary Neglect?
This amendment protects citizens from unreasonable searches and seizures by police or any other investigative agency.
What is the Fourth Amendment?
This long-term meeting of Founding Fathers established the Continental Army with George Washington as its general.
What is the Second Continental Congress?
This man is the current President of Ukraine.
Who is Zelensky?