American Citizenship
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- The First Continental Congress
- Meeting in Philidalphia, lasted seven weeks
- Individual Rights
- In the American democracy, individual rights are protected by government
- Patriotism
- Love for one's country
- Limited Government
- Government is not all-powerful—it may do only those things that people have given it the power to do
- Mirgration
- A mass movement
- The Second Continental Congress
- May 1775, colonial leaders convened another meeting in Philadelphia over Independence
- Direct Democracy
- all the citizens meet to debate government matters and vote firsthand [This is not practical for most countries today because of their large sizes and large populations]
- Georgia
- Which colony did not send delegates to Philadelphia to discuss their concerns that they all wanted to establish a political body to represent American interests and challenge British control
- Local Government
- Level closest to Americans; this includes countries, cities, and towns
- The National Government
- This makes and enforces laws for the entire country
- Independence
- self-reliance and freedom from outside control
- Coercive Acts
- Americans called the Intolerable Acts, these laws restricted the colonists rights, including the right to trial by jury, they also allowed the British soldiers to search, and even move into colonists' homes.
- State Government
- Level of government in between National and Local
- Functions of Government
- They help keep order, Settle conflicts, Protect the community, provide services that individuals could not supply independently, also guide community and plan for its future be setting policies, making budgets, and interacting with other communities
- Boston Tea Party
- In 1773, a group of colonists dressed as Native Americans dumped 342 of British tea into Boston Harbor, the colonists did this to retest further taxes on tea
- Representative Democracy
- citizens choose small group to represent them, make laws, and govern on their behalf
- Democracy
- all citizens share in governing and being governed, in which people rule
- July 4th, 1776
- The date of the Declaration of Independence was signed
- Rule of Law
- All people, including those who govern, are bound by the law
- The National Government
- The highest level in U.S; is centered in the nation's capital, Washington D.C
- United States
- What country is the oldest representative democracy in the world?
- Consent of the governned
- American citizens are the source of all governmental power
- Canada, also in the Mississippi River
- The French settled primarily in this land
- The First battles of the Revolutionary War
- April 1775, two battles between British and colonial soldiers took place in Massachusetts at Lexington and Concord
- Majority Rule
- when differences of opinion arise, we will abide by what most people want
- The east coast of North America
- English Immigrants settled mainly in this land; creating the 13 colonies
- Fundamental Principles of American Democracy
- Rule of Law, Limited Government, Consent of the governed, Individual Rights, Representative Government
- Terrorism
- The use of violence by groups against civilians to achieve a political goal
- E pluribus unum
- The saying on the back of every American coin, written in Latin words meaning "Out of many, one"
- Common Sense
- A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine calling for complete independence from Britain in it; inspired many
- Governments Manage:
- Libraries, Schools, Hospitals, Parks, Recreation Centers
- Civics
- the study of the rights and duties of citizens
- Representative Government
- People elect government leaders to make the laws and govern on their behalf
- Mercantilism
- the theory that a country should sell more goods to other countries than it buys
- Dictatorship
- Government controlled by one person or a small group of people
- Delegates
- Representatives