CIVICS 2.1-2.3 Flashcards
A group of people chosen to make the laws
Legislature
The traditions passed down to us from generation to generation
Heritage
A document giving permission to create a government
Charter
The abuse of power
Tyranny
A form of government in which all laws are made directly by the citizens
Direct democracy
A government in which representatives were elected
Republic
Rights people are born with and no government can take away
Natural rights
Dividing government power among legislative executive and judicial
Separation of powers
A written agreement to make and obey the laws for the welfare of the group
Compact
Approval
Ratification
The colonists of Virginia elected representatives called
Burgesses
What is Latin for Great charter
Magna Carta
When did parliament pass the bill of rights
1689
Who was allowed to vote and hold office in the 1600’s and 1700’s
White men with a certain amount of land where allowed to vote
The Africans were legally considered what
Property
What was closely tied to government
Religion
Who was one of the first people to inspire the other colonists to fight for freedom of the press
John Peter Zenger
Who created the first direct democracy
The Greeks
Who was the first to make a republic
The Romans
Who made king john sign the Magna Carta
The English nobles
The rights in the Magna Carta applied only to the .
Nobles
The English bill of rights listed the rights of who
All English citizens
Who wrote that the government exists to serve the people rather than the other way around
John Locke
Natural rights have three meanings
- Life 2. Liberty 3. Property
Who proposed the separation of powers
Montesquieu
Who permitted the colonies to trade only with England
Parliament
Who wanted the freedom to sell their products to any country
Colonists
Parliament decided to pay off war debts by doing what
Enforcing more taxes on the colonies
Name and explain three British acts
The stamp act of 1765 - a tax on all paper used for all official documents
The declaratory act: England had the right to make all decisions for the colonies in all cases and also to pay tax
The Townshend acts: A tax on goods imported into the colonies.
When was the Boston massacre and who was the first african american martyr of the american revolution
Year 1770 and Crispus addicks
When and what was the Boston tea party
december 16 1773 -
when men dressed as mohawk Indians led by the sons of liberty boarded three ships of the british East Indian tea company.
When (year) was the first continental congress
1774
what were the first wars of the revolutionary war
The battle of lexington and concord
Who were the three main people of the Declaration of Independence
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
The five parts of the Declaration of Independence
1.Introduction 2. Contemporary American philosophy 3.Indictment against King GeorgeIII 4. Acceptance of Richard Henry lee’s Resolution of Independence 5. signatures
When and where do the British surrender
Yorktown in 1781
What was the plan of the government that each state had.
the constitution
Name six weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
No power to tax/No power to regulate commerce/No executive branch/No judicial branch/The passage of law required 9 out of 13 states/the passage of an amendment must be UNANIMOUS
When and What was Shays rebellion
The fall of 1786
Former army captain and farmer, Daniel Shay led a rebellion in Massachusetts.
what Shay upset about
the stance on debt collection
