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What is Civics?
What is Citizenship?
Rights and duties of members of a state.
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.
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What does Value refer to?
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What is Popular Sovereignty?
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What is an Institution?
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Define Enlightenment.
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What is a Monarch?
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What is a Legislature?
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What is a Precedent?
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Define Common Law.
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What are Natural Rights?
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What is a Social Contract?
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Define a Colony.
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What is a Joint-Stock Company?
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What is a Charter?
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Define a Compact.
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What is a Proprietary Colony?
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Define a Royal Colony.
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What are Religious Dissenters?
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What are Puritans?
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Define Pilgrims.
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What does Toleration mean?
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Define an Indentured Servant.
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What is a Plantation?
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Define Triangular Trade.
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What is Tidewater?
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Define Egalitarianism.
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What is Mercantilism?
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Define Boycott.
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What is a Delegate?
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Define Independence.
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What is a Constitution?
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What does Bicameral mean?
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Define Confederation.
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What does Ratify mean?
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What is a Constitutional Convention?
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What was the Great Compromise?
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What was the Three-Fifths Compromise?
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What is an Electoral College?
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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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