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CIVICS 2.1-2.3 Flashcards

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A group of people chosen to make the laws

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Legislature

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The traditions passed down to us from generation to generation

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Heritage

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A document giving permission to create a government

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Charter

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3
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The abuse of power

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Tyranny

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A form of government in which all laws are made directly by the citizens

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Direct democracy

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A government in which representatives were elected

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Republic

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Rights people are born with and no government can take away

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Natural rights

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Dividing government power among legislative executive and judicial

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Separation of powers

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A written agreement to make and obey the laws for the welfare of the group

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Compact

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Approval

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Ratification

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The colonists of Virginia elected representatives called

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Burgesses

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What is Latin for Great charter

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Magna Carta

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When did parliament pass the bill of rights

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1689

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Who was allowed to vote and hold office in the 1600’s and 1700’s

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White men with a certain amount of land where allowed to vote

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The Africans were legally considered what

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Property

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15
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What was closely tied to government

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Religion

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Who was one of the first people to inspire the other colonists to fight for freedom of the press

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John Peter Zenger

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Who created the first direct democracy

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The Greeks

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Who was the first to make a republic

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The Romans

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Who made king john sign the Magna Carta

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The English nobles

20
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The rights in the Magna Carta applied only to the .

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Nobles

21
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The English bill of rights listed the rights of who

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All English citizens

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Who wrote that the government exists to serve the people rather than the other way around

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John Locke

23
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Natural rights have three meanings

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  1. Life 2. Liberty 3. Property
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Who proposed the separation of powers

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Montesquieu

25
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Who permitted the colonies to trade only with England

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Parliament

26
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Who wanted the freedom to sell their products to any country

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Colonists

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Parliament decided to pay off war debts by doing what

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Enforcing more taxes on the colonies

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Name and explain three British acts

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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.

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When was the Boston massacre and who was the first african american martyr of the american revolution

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Year 1770 and Crispus addicks

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When and what was the Boston tea party

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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.

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When (year) was the first continental congress

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1774

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what were the first wars of the revolutionary war

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The battle of lexington and concord

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Who were the three main people of the Declaration of Independence

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Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams

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The five parts of the Declaration of Independence

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1.Introduction 2. Contemporary American philosophy 3.Indictment against King GeorgeIII 4. Acceptance of Richard Henry lee’s Resolution of Independence 5. signatures

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When and where do the British surrender

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Yorktown in 1781

36
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What was the plan of the government that each state had.

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the constitution

37
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Name six weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation

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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

38
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When and What was Shays rebellion

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The fall of 1786

Former army captain and farmer, Daniel Shay led a rebellion in Massachusetts.

39
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what Shay upset about

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the stance on debt collection

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