Notable or Quotable
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain.....
What are unalienable rights?
Freedom of speech, press, religion, right to assemble, and right to petition the government.
What is the 1st Amendment?
The right to have a jury hear your case in a criminal trial.
What is the 6th Amendment?
This S word is the ability to rule absolutely.
What is Sovereignty?
He wrote Leviathan.
Who is Thomas Hobbes?
"that among these are ____________, ____________, and the _________ __ ________.
What are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?
No soldiers in your home during peacetime.
What is the 3rd Amendment?
The right to have a jury hear your case in most civil trials.
What is the 7th Amendment?
American Colonists gained their independence from the British after this war.
What is the Revolutionary War?
This branch of government carries out and enforces laws, it also gives the president a specific set of duties.
What is the Executive Branch?
That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their _____ powers from the consent of the governed.
What is just?
Right to Bear Arms.
What is the 2nd Amendment?
The government cannot deprive you of life, liberty or property without Due Process of Law?
What is the 5th Amendment?
He saw humans as naturally selfish and quick to fight. He described citizens as poor, nasty, brutish, and short.
Who is Thomas Hobbes.
This type of government says 1 person has all the power. There are two main types: a monarchy and a dictatorship.
What is an Autocracy?
That whenever any form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the people to alter or __________ it."
What is abolish?
No illegal search or seizures.
What is the 4th Amendment?
If a power isn't given to the federal government, it goes to the states or to the people.
What is the 10th Amendment?
This means "blank slate".
What is tabula rasa?
This forced colonists to put expensive tax stamps on all legal documents, as well as newspapers, calendars, and almanacs.
What is the Stamp Act?
He said "Give me liberty or give me death!"
Who is Patrick Henry?
No cruel or unusual punishment?
What is the 8th Amendment?
This guarantees rights not otherwise listed in the Constitution.
What is the 9th Amendment?
This man imagined a set of natural rights that human beings share. They were the right to life, liberty, and property.
Who is John Locke?
The pilgrims left England in a ship called the Mayflower. They were headed for the Virginia colony but were blown off course. This is the colony where they ended up.
What is Massachusetts?