civics

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CIVICS	Study of the rights and duties of citizens.
E PLURIBUS UNUM	"Out of many one."
POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY	sovereignty of the people's rule iin the principle
NATURALIZATION	the legal act or process by which a non-citizen in a country may acquire citizenship or nationality
DUAL CITIZENSHIP	multiple citizenship,
IMMAGRANTS	people moving to another place without citizenship
REFUGEE	person outside their country
MELTING POT	metaphor for a heterogeneous society becoming more homogeneous, the different elements "melting together"
SALAD BOWL THEORY	immigrants do not lose the unique aspects of their cultures like in the melting pot model, instead they retain them.
14th AMENDEMENT	deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws
GOVERNMENT	system by which srar or community is controlled
autocracy	system of government by one person with absolute power.
oligarchy	a small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution
democracy	all people are involved in making decisions about its affairs
direct democracy	people are allowed to vote
representative democracy	is a variety of democracy founded on the principle of elected officials representing a group of people
Enlightenment	a European intellectual movement of the late 17th and 18th centuries emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition
Magna Carta	a charter of liberties to which the English barons forced King John to give his assent in June 1215 at Runnymede
Glorious Revolution	was the overthrow of King James II of England by a union of English Parliamentarians with the Dutch stadtholder William III of Orange-Nassau
English Bill Of Rights	is an act that the Parliament of England passed on December 16, 1689, creates separation of powers, limits the powers of the king and queen
Mayflower Compact	was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony
House of Burgesses	was the first democratically-elected legislative body in the British American colonies
Bicameral	having two branches or chambers
John Locke	was an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as the "Father of Liberalism"
Natural Rights	The Declaration of Independence of the United States lists life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
Social Contract	is a theory or model, originating during the Age of Enlightenment
Baron de Montesquieu	was a French lawyer, man of letters, and political philosopher who lived during the Age of Enlightenment
Separation of Powers	an act of vesting the legislative, executive, and judicial powers of government in separate bodies
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut	describe the government set up by the Connecticut River towns, setting its structure and powers.
Triangular Trade	is a historical term indicating trade among three
Salutary neglect	as Britain's unofficial policy, initiated by prime minister Robert Walpole
French Indian War	was the North American theater of the worldwide Seven Years' War
Mercantilist	belief in the benefits of profitable trading
Stamp act	an act of the British Parliament in 1756 that exacted revenue from the American colonies
Boycott	withdraw from commercial or social relations as a punishment or protest
Boston Massacre	was a street fight that occurred on March 5, 1770, between a "patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers
Boston Tea Party	was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, on December 16, 1773,taxes on the tea
Intolerable Act	were the American Patriots' term for a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea party
Proclamation of 1763	Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the French and Indian War
First Continental Congress	was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the thirteen colonies that met on September 5 to October 26, 1774 at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia
Olive Branch Petition	drafted on July 5, 1775, was a letter to King George III, from members of the Second Continental Congress
Second Continental Congress	was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in the summer of 1775
Declaration of Independence	the formal statement written by Thomas Jefferson declaring the freedom of the thirteen American colonies from Great Britain
Thomas Jefferson	was an American Founding Father who was principal author of the Declaration of Independence
Articles of Confederation	the written document that established the functions of the national government of the United States after it declared independence from Great Britain
Daniel Shays’ Rebellion	the name given to a series of protests in 1786 and 1787 by American farmers against state and local enforcement of tax collections and judgments for debt
Philadelphia Convention	The gathering that drafted the Constitution of the United States in 1787, designed a government with separate legislative, executive, and judicial branches
James Madison	was a political theorist, American statesman, and served as the fourth President of the United States
Common Sense	a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775–76 that inspired people in the Thirteen Colonies to declare and fight for independence from Great Britain in the summer of 1776
Quartering Act	is a name given to a minimum of two Acts of British Parliament in the local governments of the American colonies to provide the British soldiers with any needed accommodations or housing

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