Greece/ Roman
Direct Democracy
John Locke believed all men were born with three _______________ (Life, Liberty, Property)
Natural rights
A _______________ citizen of the USA is someone who is born IN the United States.
A ________________ citizen of the USA is someone who applies and takes a test to become a citizen.
Native
Naturalized
"The idea that both the government and the governed must obey the law."
Rule of Law
That which is good for society as a whole
Common Good
Type of Democracy used in Ancient Rome
Representative Democracy (Republic)
If a government can not protect your natural rights, Locke believed it was the peoples' responsibility to ______________ and ___________________
revolt and create a new government.
What was the name of the political alliance between 6 tribes
Iroquois League / Iroquois Confederacy
1215- Meaning "Great Charter," early example of written statement of law.
Magna Carta
Another word for elected representatives, people who represent the interest of the citizens who vote for them...
Delegates
The Council of 500 and the Assembly were two examples of a _________________ body, or, groups of people who made laws.
Legislative
What were Montesquieu's two ideas that were his most valuable contributions to our current system of government?
Checks and Balances, Separation of Powers
To be the President, you must be ____ years old, a ___________ citizen, and you serve a _________ year term
35
Native
4
(1628) required king to get parliament's permission to raise taxes, prevented the king from housing soldiers in the homes of people, built on ideas from 1215 document
Petition of Right
a legal framework for government
Constitution
The idea that everyone, regardless of wealth or status, needs to follow the law is...
Rule of Law
Who wrote "governments of the people are better than those of princes"
Machiavelli
To be a member of the Senate, you must be ____ years old, a citizen for ______ years, and you serve a _________ year term
30
9
6
(1689) built on previous two major documents: protected right to free speech in Parliament, protected against cruel punishments, prevented king from maintaining an army during peacetime.
English Bill of Rights
the idea that citizens should put aside their self interests for the common good of the community
civic virtue
The idea that citizens should take an active role in government.
Civic Participation
What was Thomas Hobbes describing in Leviathan when he wrote "No arts; no letters; no society; and which is worst of all, continual fear, and danger of violent death: and the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short."
A state of nature
To be a member of the House of Representatives, you must be ____ years old, a citizen for ______ years, and you serve a _________ year term
25
7
2
Which king was forced by English Barons to sign the Magna Carta
King John
coup d'etat