Vocabulary
Laws that allow you to be punished for something not illegal when you did it are called?
Ex Post Facto Laws
1765 Tax on paper products
Stamp Act
Established the idea of Separation of Powers.
Baron de Montesquieu
I went through a process to become a citizen. I was not born in the United States.
Naturalized Citizen
We believe in being more involved in the lives of people by providing programs to help them.
Democrats
Oddly shaped congressional district
Gerrymander
Required colonists to provide housing for soldiers.
Quartering Act
This person influenced the writing of the Declaration of Independence.
John Locke
interview
We believe that government should not be involved in peoples lives. We like smaller government.
Republicans
Allows one branch to check the powers of another branch
Checks and Balances
Colonist threw tea into Boston Harbor to protest taxes.
Boston Tea Party
Magna Carta
Defend the nation, serve on a jury, attend school, obey laws and pay taxes. What are these?
Obligations/Duties of Citizenship
Our members are single issue voters and we have never won an election.
Independents
Right to vote
Suffrage
Sent a letter to King George III asking for peace.
First Continental Congress
Document written by the Pilgrims to establish self government in the colonies.
Mayflower Compact
Vote, Volunteer and Attend Civic Meetings. What are we?
Responsibilities of Citizenship
Group of people who share a common point of view and want to promote an isssue.
Interest group
When a country chooses not to get involved in foreign affairs.
Isolationism
Wrote Common Sense to support colonial independence.
Thomas Paine
Social Contract Theory
A person is a citizen because his parents are citizens.
Law of Blood
Statements that describe a party's core beliefs.
Platform