Civics 1
Who founded Rhode Island?
Roger Williams
Which colony was founded for financial gain?
Jamestown
He founded the state of Pennsylvania
Who is William Penn?
Jamestown, the first permanent settlement, was settled in what is now this state.
What is Virginia?
Freedoms people possess related to life, liberty, and property are called what?
What are Natural Rights or inalienable rights
The study of the duties and rights of citizens is what term?
What is Civics?
The idea that the government receives its power from the people is called:
What is popular sovereignty?
Which early document allowed rights to land owners?
English Bill of Rights
Jamestown was settled in this year.
What is 1607?
Who published the pamphlet Common Sense?
Thomas Paine
They created the world's first democracy.
Who are the Romans?
This Enlightenment thinker believed all people had natural rights (life, freedom, property).
Who is John Locke?
Which philosopher believed an absolute monarchy was needed because people were too "wicked" to govern themselves?
Who is Thomas Hobbes?
The founders of Massachusetts were which group of people?
religious dissenters or pilgrims
What spurred the Great Awakening?
Religion
1st document to limit the king's power.
What is the Magna Carta?
Of these three which is a responsibility of citizens? paying taxes, voting, or attending school
What is voting?
Enlightenment thinker who believed the government should be divided into separate branches.
Who is Montesquieu?
What was the colonial response to the Stamp Act besides protest?
Boycott?
2 main reasons colonists left England to come to America.
To make money or religious freedom?
What was the battle titled "The Shot Heard Around the World?
Lexington & Concord
The United States has this type of democracy.
What is a representative democracy?
This document established the first direct democracy in America.
What is The Mayflower Compact?
The King's mistreatment of the colonists ultimately led to the writing of this document of freedom.
What is the Declaration of Independence?