Civics: Intro to Civics Flashcards
historical significance
what influenced an event, and how it influences events in the future
ex: constitution would be different is declaration of independence was different
define civics
study on government and citizenship
organization/ structure
how we participate, and how it affects you
interpretation of government/ constitution
what does civics describe?
explain government foundation
describes our government
describes why we made our government
what is the us congress and its job?
legislative branch, makes law
proportional representation
representative based on something else
how many people in each house of congress, how long are their terms?
senate- 100 6 year
House of Representatives- 435 2 year
what is the representation in each house?
senate- equal 2 per state
what is the job of the executive branch
enforce law
us president terms
4 year term, 2 term max
who originally become the Vice President?
whoever came in second in the election, very expensive to run, no political parties
how can someone serve more than 2 terms?
if president dies over half way through term then Vice President can be re-elected 2 times
hat is the judicial branches job, who carries it out?
to interpret law
US Supreme Court
how many justices, how do they receive job?
justices, nominated by president with senate approval
term for a justice
term of good behavior
founding fathers
at Philadelphia convention spring of 1787, people who wrote the constitution
ambassador
goes to a different country to represent
contemporaries
happen at the same time
philosophers of their time
dnt like king james III
writing philosophies at same time US was being started, not popular, similar ideas
state of nature
no government, not formed, believed government would naturally occur
three rights
life, liberty, property- if not protected yuo have the right to protest
social contract
i will protect your stuff if you protect mine- if not upheld you can break the contract
civic duty
giving up something of your own for the better of the people
rule of law
those who govern have to obey their own law
popular sovereignty
people have highest political authority
issues with great britian
“no taxation without representation”- we are british citizens and british constitution says we have right to representation if taxed
first american colony and year
jamestown, virginia1607- 150 years before american revolution
events leading up to revolutionary war
french and indian war, 7 years war
Boston Massacre- March 1770
Acts- stamp act, tea act, intolerable act
french and indian war
british vs. french/ Native American (allies from beaver trade)
war is expensive, british in debt
started taxes because of this
Boston Massacre
march 1770 started as a snowball fight taunting the british who remained to protect borders forced to quarter soldiers propaganda used- persuasive media after massacre it was us vs. them
acts
stamp act- 1765 repealled 1766
tea act- may 1773
ntolerable acts- 1774 tax on everything else
