Chapter 1
Democratic or Authoritarian: Rulers inherit or forcefully take power
Authoritarian
Who won the French and Indian war?
The British
Reserved powers
The Constitution has X articles
7
The man who wrote the Declaration
Thomas Jefferson
Authoritarian or Democratic
Leaders are Chosen by election
Democratic
Who was supposed to pay for the French and Indian War?
The Colonists (America)
The last state to ratify the Constitution
Rhode Island
The Father of the Constitution
James Madison
Who was the first to sign the Declaration
John Hancock
Democratic or Authoritarian
The Government relies on law to establish order
Democratic
A type of Democracy where the people decided on each issue directly
Direct Democracy
Powers that the federal government have "spelled out"
Enumerated powers
The Constitution has X amendments
27
Translate the Following "that they are endowed with certain unalienable rights"
That these people have rights that no one can take away.
The process for becoming a citizen legally
Naturalization
Natural Rights
Collecting Taxes are an example of powers that both the Federal and State government have
Concurrent Powers
The word Posterity means ?
"and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”
The Future Generations (kids)
"that all men are created equal" who are the "men" the writer is talking about?
White land owners (Should be and is everyone)
2 possible
the study of the rights and duties of citizenship.
Civics
The idea that there is a finite, or limited, amount of wealth in the world. Because of that, countries had to compete to acquire as much of that wealth as possible.
Mercantilism
Who is the final authority for interpreting the Constitution
Supreme Court
"in Order to form a more perfect Union" what union were they trying to be more perfect than?
The Articles of Confederation, or the old United States (not Great Britain)
Translate the Following "We hold these truths to be self evident"
These things prove themselves, you can't deny these truths