Civics

The study of what it means to be a citizen

An authority that represents a group of people

describes a broad class of theories that try to explain the ways in which people form states and/or maintain social order.

An authority that represents a group of people

describes a broad class of theories that try to explain the ways in which people form states and/or maintain social order.

Type of Government. where all people vote for every Gov. change.

The type of governemnent currently practiced in the US. People elect representatives to do the Gov. work for them

Gorernment in which one person has power

The type of governemnent currently practiced in the US. People elect representatives to do the Gov. work for them

The type of Gov. where one leader has total power and they gain their power by birth into a royal family

Gorernment in which one person has power

One leader has total power & they gain their position of power illegally, often by force.

A small group of people rule.

The type of Gov. where one leader has total power and they gain their power by birth into a royal family

One leader has total power & they gain their position of power illegally, often by force.

A small group of people rule.

A centralized Gov. All the powers of the Government belong to a single, central agency.

is the central government entity established by the United States Constitution, which shares sovereignty over the United States with the governments of the individual U.S. states

An alliance of independent independent states

Each individual no matter what his or her station in life, is a seperate and distinct being

All men are created equal

The will of the people dictates the rightsbut, the minority must be heard.

find the position most acceptable to the largest number

individual freedom does not include complete freedom. freedoms cannot infringe on others.

Provided for trial by jury, Due process, private property

Trail by jury, due process, private property, No cruel punishment, No excessive bail, right to bear armsright to petition

The document which lists the reasons the American Colonists wanted to break away from England and be a free country.

was the third President of the United States (1801–1809), the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776), and one of the most influential Founding Fathers

The absolute rights of individuals may be resolved into the right of personal security, the right of personal liberty, and the right to acquire and enjoy property. These rights are declared to be natural, inherent, and unalienable.

The name of the 1st written US government plan

* One vote for each state
* Congress powerless to collect taxes
* Congress powerless to regulate foreign trade
* No national court system
* Articles only a "firm friendship"

Philly, May 25, 1787
12 of the 13 states sent deligates to Philly to frame the new constitution

Madison fought for this
Called for a new government with thre branches, Legislative, executive and judicial.

Unicameral congress with each state equally represented

Congress should be composed of two houses

each slave would count as 3/5 of a whole person towards the nuber of delegates they could have

1st US president and presided over the constitutional convention

was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America. In June, 1776, he was appointed a member of the Committee of Five that drafted the Declaration of Independence

1787, Madison's draft of the Virginia Plan and his revolutionary three-branch federal system became the basis for the American Constitution of today

The written US plan of Government

Favored ratification, famouse Federalists: James Madison and Alexander Hamilton

Opposed ratification, famous anti-federalists: John Hancock and Sam Adams