Lesson 1
The 3 natural rights we are born with
What is Life, Liberty, and Property
The religious/philosophical tradition that emphasized private morality or the dignity and value of every human life, protecting their freedom and individual rights.
What is Judeo-Christianity
The Founders used some of the ideas they learned from this Republic which existed more than 2,000 years ago.
What is the Roman Republic
Many colonist thought the British government had no right to tax them. They said..
What is "No taxation without representation"
People who exchanged their work for a number of years to pay off debt.
Who are Indentured Servants
An Englishman whose book influenced the founders beliefs about about natural rights
Who is John Locke
A form of government where the people decide on every law.
What is a Direct Democracy
A government that possesses a rule of law, or "higher law" that limits even what a country's rulers can do.
what is a constitutional government
The 3 regions of the colonies
What are the New England Colonies, Middle Colonies, and Southern Colonies.
Citizens dedicated to the welfare of their community or country, even at the cost of their own individual interests
What is Civic Virtue
The period of history when traditions were established emphasizing the value of contractual relationships between groups of people who entered these to protect their plots of land and be militarily protected.
What is the Middle Ages or Feudalism
Plan of government that sets forth the structures & powers of a government. In democracies serves as authoritative law through which the sovereign people authorize a government to be established & grant it certain powers.
What is a Constitution
The right form of government "by the many" according to Aristotle (which the Framers tried to incorporate in our final Constitution) was a(n):
What is a "Polity," the corruption of which was Democracy.
When people are living in world where there is no established government, in anarchy with everyone just selfishly fighting to protect their own property and life.
What is a State of Nature
The form of government where people are recognized as the power behind the government. And leaders are elected by the people to represent and serve the voters' interests. e.g. government of, by and for the people.
What is a Republican Government
"The greatest guarantee of human freedom ever devised by man" that requires governments to bring a person to a judge and present the charges & evidence of a crime before trying/jailing them.
What is Writ of Habeas Corpus
A list of the rights of citizens, usually the first section of a constitution
What is A Bill Of Rights