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What is a citizen?
The right to vote called.
What is suffrage?
The purpose of this early document was to establish a government with rules and self-government.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
Time period that shaped the Declaration of Independence and gave people new thoughts on govenrment.
What is the Enlightenment Period?
Born within the 50 states, US territory or US military base.
What is a natural born citizen?
Things we SHOULD do like vote, volunteer and attend civic meetings.
What is a responsibility?
This document convinced the colonists to separate from Britain?
What is Common Sense OR what are the Federalist Papers?
He believed that governments should serve the people and that people have the rights of life, liberty and property.
Who is John Locke?
What is the Stamp Act?
A person's citizesnhip at birth is the same as that of his/her parents.
What is Law of Blood?
Things we MUST do like pay taxes, obey laws and serve on juries.
What are DUTIES or OBLIGATIONS?
This ended the struggle between the Nobles/Parliament and the King and gave more power to citizens.
What is the English Bill of Rights?
He believed in the Separation of Powers within the government.
Who is Montesquieu?
Placed new taxes on glass, lead, paints and paper.
What is the Townshend Act?
A person's citizenship at birth is determined by the place of birth.
What is Law of Soil?
Men ages 18 - 25 must register to serve our country.
What is the Selective Service?
This was added to a very important document as a compromise between the Federalists and anti-Federalists.
What is the Bill of Rights?
He wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Required colonists to provide housing for British soldiers.
What is the Quartering Act?
What is the most uncommon way to become a naturalized citizen?
What is joining the US military?
Government receives its power from the people.
What is Popular Sovereignty?
This early document that we got ideas from our Constitution from established limited government and trial by jury.
What is the Magna Carta?
He is known as the Father of the Constitution.
Who is James Madison?
This included the Quartering Act and the closing Boston Harbor until all of the tea was paid for.