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What is Civics?
What is Civics?
- The study of geography
- The study of history
- The study of the rights and duties of citizens (correct)
- The study of economics
What is Citizenship?
What is Citizenship?
Rights and duties of members of a state.
Define a Citizen.
Define a Citizen.
Community member who owes loyalty to the government and is entitled to protection from it.
A Service Economy is where the majority of people earn their living by manufacturing products.
A Service Economy is where the majority of people earn their living by manufacturing products.
What does Value refer to?
What does Value refer to?
What is Popular Sovereignty?
What is Popular Sovereignty?
What is an Institution?
What is an Institution?
Define Enlightenment.
Define Enlightenment.
What is a Monarch?
What is a Monarch?
What is a Legislature?
What is a Legislature?
What is a Precedent?
What is a Precedent?
Define Common Law.
Define Common Law.
What are Natural Rights?
What are Natural Rights?
What is a Social Contract?
What is a Social Contract?
Define a Colony.
Define a Colony.
What is a Joint-Stock Company?
What is a Joint-Stock Company?
What is a Charter?
What is a Charter?
Define a Compact.
Define a Compact.
What is a Proprietary Colony?
What is a Proprietary Colony?
Define a Royal Colony.
Define a Royal Colony.
What are Religious Dissenters?
What are Religious Dissenters?
What are Puritans?
What are Puritans?
Define Pilgrims.
Define Pilgrims.
What does Toleration mean?
What does Toleration mean?
Define an Indentured Servant.
Define an Indentured Servant.
What is a Plantation?
What is a Plantation?
Define Triangular Trade.
Define Triangular Trade.
What is Tidewater?
What is Tidewater?
Define Egalitarianism.
Define Egalitarianism.
What is Mercantilism?
What is Mercantilism?
Define Boycott.
Define Boycott.
What is a Delegate?
What is a Delegate?
Define Independence.
Define Independence.
What is a Constitution?
What is a Constitution?
What does Bicameral mean?
What does Bicameral mean?
Define Confederation.
Define Confederation.
What does Ratify mean?
What does Ratify mean?
What is a Constitutional Convention?
What is a Constitutional Convention?
What was the Great Compromise?
What was the Great Compromise?
What was the Three-Fifths Compromise?
What was the Three-Fifths Compromise?
What is an Electoral College?
What is an Electoral College?
Who are the Federalists?
Who are the Federalists?
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Study Notes
Civics and Citizenship
- Civics is the study of citizen rights and duties.
- Citizenship encompasses the rights and obligations of individuals within a state.
- A citizen shows loyalty to their government and receives protection in return.
Economic Structures
- A service economy is characterized by a workforce primarily engaged in service provision, rather than manufacturing.
- Value refers to the underlying principles or beliefs guiding people's judgments and decisions.
Governance Concepts
- Popular sovereignty emphasizes that power resides with the people.
- Institutions are frameworks of ideas regarding societal relationships and obligations.
Historical Movements
- The Enlightenment was a movement advocating that reason and science could enhance societal conditions.
Government and Legal Terms
- A monarch is a king or queen.
- A legislature is a structured body of individuals responsible for lawmaking.
- Precedent serves as a judicial guideline based on previous rulings.
- Common law is derived from customs and judicial precedents.
- Natural rights refer to inherent freedoms pertaining to life, liberty, and property.
- A social contract signifies an agreement among members of a society and their government.
Colonial and Economic Structures
- A colony consists of a population governed by an external parent country.
- Joint-stock companies allow investors to share ownership in profit-oriented enterprises.
- A charter is a formal document granting land and governance rights for colonies.
- A compact represents an agreement among specified groups of individuals.
- Proprietary colonies have lands and governmental authority controlled by a private individual.
- Royal colonies are directly governed by a monarch.
Religious and Societal Groups
- Religious dissenters follow faiths outside the established religion of England.
- Puritans sought to reform the Anglican Church through their settlement in the colonies.
- Pilgrims were Puritans on a religious voyage seeking a new home.
- Toleration reflects the acceptance of diverse groups, particularly religious ones.
Labor and Economic Practices
- Indentured servants worked in exchange for food and shelter during colonization.
- Plantations are extensive estates typically using enslaved labor for agricultural production.
- The triangular trade refers to historical trade routes connecting the Americas, Africa, and Europe.
Geographic and Ideological Characteristics
- Tidewater regions are characterized by low, flat plains near the coastline, particularly in Virginia and North Carolina.
- Egalitarianism is the principle advocating for equality among individuals.
- Mercantilism promotes exporting more goods than importing to enhance national wealth.
Political Actions and Representation
- A boycott is a collective refusal to purchase specified goods.
- Delegates are representatives assigned to partake in meetings.
- Independence signifies self-reliance and liberation from external control.
Constitutional Development
- A constitution is a comprehensive, written framework for government structure.
- Bicameral refers to a legislative body composed of two chambers.
- A confederation denotes a coalition of individual states or governments.
- Ratification is the formal approval process for agreements or statutes.
- The Constitutional Convention of 1787 led to the formation of the current U.S. Constitution.
Compromises in Legislation
- The Great Compromise established a dual representation system in Congress.
- The Three-Fifths Compromise determined that enslaved individuals would count as three-fifths of a person for congressional representation.
Electoral Framework
- The Electoral College is a group chosen by state legislatures responsible for electing the president and vice president.
- Federalists were advocates supporting the adoption of the new constitution.
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