Economic Systems
In a purely free market, the government’s main role is to protect these two things.
Property rights and contracts
Britain taxed the colonies mainly to pay for this war
French and Indian War
The introduction to the U.S. Constitution
Preamble
This amendment protects you from unreasonable searches and seizures
4th
The Legislative Branch is responsible for doing this.
Making laws
This is an example of a public good provided by government
Public roads
Military
Education
Parks
This set of laws, passed as punishment, led directly to the First Continental Congress.
Intolerable Acts
The principle that government power comes from the people
Popular Sovereignty
Protection from being tried twice for the same crime comes from this amendment.
5th
A new amendment to the Constitution requires this vote in both the House and Senate.
2/3 vote
This type of economy combines private ownership with social welfare programs and regulation
Mixed economy
The primary author of the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
The article that establishes the Executive Branch
Article II
The Tenth Amendment is the basis for this type of power.
Reserved powers
The Supremacy Clause establishes that these laws outrank state laws.
Federal laws
This economic system is most closely tied to communism
Command economy
The Enlightenment idea of natural rights and consent of the governed was written into this document
Declaration of Independence
The total number of amendments to the Constitution
27
Symbolic speech, like wearing armbands to protest, was upheld in this Supreme Court case.
Tinker v. Des Moines
The power of both the federal and state governments to levy taxes is an example of this.
Concurrent powers
In a command economy, the government owns these
All resources and means of production
This uprising showed the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation and led to the Constitutional Convention
Shays's Rebellion
The first ten amendments are collectively known as this
Bill of Rights
This amendment protects freedom of speech, press, religion, and assembly
1st
The power to create and support public schools belongs mainly to this level of government.
State government