Ways Governments Can Operate
Government is conducted through the consent of the people. What is this concept called?
Democracy
Power is localized to a single, central agency.
*Double points if you can name the example country from the notes we looked at to emphasize this point
Unitary Government
*Great Britain
A person that holds responsibility and rights within a country.
Citizen
Who fought who in the French and Indian War
French and British (along with the Native Indians and Colonists)
When was the Declaration of Independence signed?
July 4, 1776
Define Direct and Indirect Democracy
Direct - Direct voting for policies from the people. Only really works in small communities
Indirect - Smaller group of people who are voting into power make the decisions for the people.
In a system like the one the US operates in, which direction does the power flow from state and central government?
Goes back and forth, or both ways.
In a Democracy, one principle focuses on recognizing the dignity and worth of who?
The individual
Who was the King of England during the Revolutionary War?
King George III
Which unicameral governmental organization was responsible for setting up the group to draft the Declaration of Independence?
The Second Continental Congress
Define Autocracy
Government where a single person holds the power.
System in which the government works as co-equal partners.
Democracy can only thrive in a system that encourages what type of freedom?
Individual
What did the following acts do?
Stamp Act
Quartering Act
Intolerable Acts
Required all printed materials to have a tax stamp, outraging colonists who saw it as unfair taxation without representation.
Forced colonists to house British soldiers, increasing resentment.
A series of punitive measures after the Boston Tea Party, including closing Boston Harbor. These acts united the colonies against Britain, pushing them toward revolution.
How many grievances are there in the Declaration of Independence?
27
Political system that rejects democracy and limits political diversity. It relies on a strong central authority to maintain the existing power structure and often undermines the rule of law.
Authoritarianism
Government systems that works as a coalition
Confederal Government
In democracy, blending ideas is necessary to accomplish a task. What is this called?
Compromise
Who famously said, “No taxation without representation”
Patrick Henry
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men __________, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain __________, that among these are Life, Liberty and_____________.
are created equal
unalienable Rights
the pursuit of Happiness
Who is called the “teacher of evil” by modern philosophers?
Niccolo Machiavelli
Which government form that we studied did we say was very rare in the world today?
Confederate Government Systems
In a democracy, _____ rules, but must also consider the ______.
Majority; Minority
Who was the British Prime Minister who passed many of the much hated Taxation Acts in the colonies?
Prime Minister George Grenville
Name 3 out of the 5 men who drafted the Declaration.
Benjamin Franklin
John Adams
Roger Sherman
Robert Livingston
Thomas Jefferson