Citizenship and you
Person who belongs to a country or state
What is a citizen?
The idea that nobody is above the law (not even the President)
What is Rule of Law?
This pamphlet written in 1776, popularized the movement for Independence in the American Colonies
What is Common Sense?
Also know as the "Age of Reason"
What is the Enlightenment?
Something citizens have to do as required by law
What is an obligation?
The process through which a person can become a citizen
What is Naturalization?
A form of government where citizens elect leaders
What is Representative Government?
This document written in 1689 inspired the Americans to create their own version
What is the English Bill of Rights?
Who is Baron de Montesquieu?
The idea big idea from Thomas Paine's Common Sense
What is representative self-government?
When person is born a citizen because one of their parents is a citizen
What is law of blood?
The shared beliefs and history of Judaism and Christianity
What is the Judeo-Christian tradition?
Written by the Pilgrims, this document established self-government within their new colony
What is the Mayflower Compact?
English philosopher who popularized the ideas of Natural Law and Social Contract
Who is John Locke?
Something a person should do to the benefit of their community
What is a responsibility?
When a person is a citizen because they were born on American soil
What is Law of Soil?
The Ancient culture that popularized idea of republicanism and the rule of law
What is Ancient Rome?
What is the Magna Carta?
The division of power among 3 branches of government
What is separation of powers?
Rights that everyone is born with and cannot be taken away without due process of law
What are natural rights?
The Amendment in the Constitution that defines citizenship
What is the 14th Amendment?
The Ancient culture made up of several polis, that is credited as the 'birthplace of democracy'
What is Ancient Greece?
The people agree to follow the laws of a government
What is the Consent of the Governed?
An agreement between the people and their government in which the people give up some freedoms in exchange for protection
What is the social contract?
The system where each branch of a government has the ability to limit the power of the other branches
What is checks and balances?