Civics



860425-685800Civics and Economics: Unit One and Two Study Guide00Civics and Economics: Unit One and Two Study GuideCivicsGovernmentDemocracyZenger TrialFederalismDirect DemocracyHouse of BurgessesRepresentative DemocracySocial Contract TheoryMayflower CompactDutyMagna CartaImmigrant“E Pluribus Unum”CISResponsibilityBacon’s RebellionCitizenAnarchyMonarchy Fundamental Orders of Conn.Maryland Toleration ActIllegal ImmigrantsAnti-FederalistsArticles of ConfederationBicameralBill of Rights*Boston MassacreBoston Tea PartyCommon Sense Electoral CollegeFederalistsFederalist PapersGreat AwakeningGreat Compromise House of RepresentativesIndependenceIntolerable (Coercive) ActsJames MadisonJohn Locke*MercantilismNew Jersey PlanParliamentQuartering ActSalutary neglect*SenateShay’s RebellionStamp ActSugar ActTea ActThomas JeffersonThree-Fifths CompromiseTownshend ActsUnalienable rightsVirginia PlanRightSeparation of PowersPopular SovereigntyLimited GovernmentTheocracyOligarchyAristocracyDictatorshipImmigrationNaturalizationMelting PotSalad BowlVolunteerConfederationBaron de MontesqiueJean Jacques RousseauNW Ordinance of 1787Land Ordinance of 1785State*National*9Declatory ActTrade and Navigation ActsTreaty of Paris 1783Revise the ArticlesDirect Democracy/Town Meeting1. __________________________ The colonies existed to benefit England economically.2. __________________________ A period of religious revival and growth for many denominations3. __________________________ The non-enforcement of trade laws in the colonies. 4. __________________________ This ended due to British debt from the French and Indian War.5. __________________________ What began to be enforced at the end of the French and Indian War?6. _________________________ The colonists became angry and declared “no taxation without representation.” Where did the colonists want representation?7. __________________________ This imposed a tax on Sugar8. __________________________ This act required colonists to house British troops. 9. __________________________ This act placed a tax on legal documents10. __________________________ This act said Parliament shall have the power to make laws that applied to the colonists in “all cases whatsoever.”11. __________________________ These acts placed duties on glass, tea, lead, and paper.12. __________________________ Colonists threaten British soldiers, British soldiers open fire resulting in the death of 5 colonists. 13. __________________________ This act drove American tea merchants out of business. 14. _________________________ This was a result of the Tea Act. A group of colonists dressed as Indians threw tea in the harbor.15. __________________________ These were a result of the Boston Tea Party. 16. __________________________ the study of the rights and duties of citizens17. __________________________ those residing in the US without permission from the government18. __________________________ a member of a state or nation who owes allegiance to it by birth or naturalization and is entitled to full citizenship rights19. __________________________ an action required by law20. __________________________ an action that citizens should take21. __________________________ the agency responsible for the naturalization process22. __________________________ This phrase means “out of many, one” and is used to show that the US is a nation of immigrants23. __________________________ a person that is legally admitted as permanent residence of a country24. __________________________ the ruling authority of a community, organization that has the power to make and enforce laws25. __________________________ the English philosopher who developed the social contract theory26. __________________________ the theory that humans agree with one another to create a government and give up some freedom to this government in order to promote safety27. __________________________ the principle of one central government and several state or local governments 28. __________________________ government in which the supreme authority rests with the people29. __________________________ kind of democracy in which citizens choose a smaller group of people to represent them (hint: we have this kind in the US!!!)30. __________________________ kind of democracy in which citizens vote on each matter proposed to the government 31. __________________________ this document limited the King of England’s power 32. __________________________ this uprising among back country farmers in Virginia against the gov’t of Jamestown for failing to protect them against Native American attacks. 33. __________________________ this established freedom of press in the colonies34. __________________________ the first written Constitution in America35. __________________________ this document established freedom of religion in its colony36. __________________________ this form of democracy was found mostly in New England and displays a form of direct democracy at the local level of government.37. __________________________ without laws and government38. __________________________ ruled by a King39. __________________________ Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine. 40. __________________________ Pamphlet mentioned in #39 encouraged this. 41. __________________________ This person was the primary writer of the Declaration of Independence. 42. __________________________ Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of happiness. 43. __________________________ Jefferson used whose natural rights as foundations for the Declaration?44. __________________________ This treaty ended the American Revolution.45. __________________________ The first national government of the US – created in 1776.46. __________________________ The Articles outlined a weak ________ govt. 47. __________________________ The Articles outlined a stronger ________ govt. 48. __________________________ Passed by Congress under the Articles. Established steps for statehood for land around the Ohio River. 49. __________________________ Passed by Congress under the Articles. Est. townships from western land and set aside part of that land for the establishment of schools. 50. __________________________ This event was led by angry farmers and exposed the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation51. __________________________ What was the original purpose of the Constitutional Convention52. __________________________ The Father of the US Constitution53. __________________________ Wanted representation in Congress based on population, this satisfied the large states. 54. __________________________ Wanted representation in Congress based on equality, this satisfied the small states. 55. __________________________ This plan settled the conflict over representation in Congress.56. __________________________ The Great Compromise gave us what kind of legislature?57. __________________________ In the US Congress today, the ____ is based on population and satisfies the Virginia Plan. 58. __________________________ This group opposed the ratification of the US Constitution. 59. __________________________ In the US Congress today, the ____ is based on equality and satisfies the New Jersey Plan 60. __________________________ This compromise settled the dispute for how to count slaves for the purpose of representation in Congress.61. __________________________ what settled the compromise for how to elect the president.62. __________________________ This group supported the ratification of the US Constitution63. __________________________ The anti-federalists wanted a stronger ________ govt. 64. __________________________ The federalists wanted a stronger ______ govt. 65. __________________________ How many states needed to ratify the US Constitution?66. __________________________ This was added the US Constitution and led to its ratification 67. __________________________ The first ten amendments to the US Constitution 68. __________________________ These were written by Madison, Hamilton and Jay to persuade others to accept the Constitution. 69. __________________________ form o f government in which the power to rule is held by a small group70.__________________________ form of government in which officials are regarded as divinely inspired71. __________________________ form of government in which power is held by ruling elite72. __________________________ Enlightenment thinker who wrote the text ‘the Social Contract’ and majority rule73. __________________________Enlightenment thinker who was in favor of separation of powers and checks and balances. 74. __________________________ ways to help community without being paid75. __________________________ loose configuration of states joined for mutual benefit76. __________________________ political theory where immigrants assimilate into a new cultural identity77. __________________________political theory where people retain ‘old world’ culture and ‘new world’ identity simultaneously.78. __________________________First representative assembly in the new world79. __________________________Written by the pilgrims and included the ideas of self-government and majority rule80. __________________________These are guaranteed to you the day you are born81. __________________________Term for government’s power comes from the consent of the governed82. __________________________Term from dividing power amongst different branches of government83.__________________________ Term from the concept that the government in not above the law and therefore is limited in its power84. _________________________A form of government in which the leader has absolute power and authority, usually taken by force85. _________________________Term for the movement of non-native people into a country in order to settle there 86. _________________________Term for conferring upon an alien the rights and privileges of a citizen. ................
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