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Civics-Bill Of Right
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How many colonies were there? | 13 |
| Why were the colonies taxed? | Becuase Britian had spent a lot of money on the 7 years war and needed to tax the colonies to get that more money |
| Why didn't Britain tax Quebec? | Becuase it had just been won by the British and the people were already on the edge. If they started getting taxed that could lead to revolution , and Britain needed to secure their control. |
| Why were the colonies upset? | Because they were getting their asses taxed off but they didn't have any representation or chance to speak for themselves in English Parliament. |
| What did the 13 colonies (originally) want? | Representation in the English Parliament |
| What was the book written by Thomas Paine? | Common sense |
| Who wrote Common Sense? | Thomas Paine |
| What was Common Sense about? | The book advocated for democracy and argued that monarchies are inherently flawed. Paine believed that there may be good monarchs, but you can't guarantee that any new King wan't be a horrible leader and not qualified. |
| What did Common Sense do for the development of revolution? | It inspired the 13 Colonies to fight for their independence rather than representation |
| Who penned the Declaration of Independence? | Thomas Jefferson (LIFE LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS WE FOUGHT FOR THESE IDEALS WE SHOULDN'T SETTLE FOR LESS THESE ARE WISE WORDS ENTERPRISING MEN QUOTE 'EM DON'T ACT SURPRISED YOU GUYS 'CAUSE I WROTE 'EM) |
| What was the content of the declaration? | Listed a bunch of things the King had done, why the Colonies were creating their own state, and it said that the Colonies have the right to rebel against England because the King had violated their interests (strongly Lockeian) |
| Who was the other person who signed the decleration? | Elbridge Gerry |
| WHo won | America |
| What was the constiitution | it definded and outlined what goes on in the government and how |
| what wer ethe first words of the constitution | we the people |
| who altered the text of the constitution to add extra rights | james madison |
| how did he justify 'chagning' to the constitution | he said that he's only addingto it sepretly |
| how many more amendments di he ad and what here they called | 10, bill of rights |
| Amendment 1 | Freedom of speech, religion, asembly, press, and freedom to protest against and petition the government |
| Amendment 2 | right to bear arms (GUNS GUNS GUNS) |
| Amendment 3 | no soldier can reside in a privite home without the owneers consent (mainly a product of the revolution, no longer relevent) |
| Amendment 4 | No unreasonable searches of priivite property and seziers of belongings, you need a warent |
| Amendment 5 | Government needs to respect your legal rights, you are entitled to due process |
| When is there and exeption for Amendment 5 | nuring a national crisis |
| Amendment 6 | in all crimanal procedures the accused has the right to a quick and public trial, an impartial jury, and a lawyer |
| Amendment 7 | Regardless of the amount of money involved, the process and the typical courtroom procesures will remain; once a verdict has been reached, it cannot be undone ex. you wonldn't be able to arrest OJ now because the trial is over |
| Amendment 8 | No cruel or unusual punishments or bails; you can't charge one person $20 for stealing and another a life sentance |
| Amendment 9 | Any rights not explicitly stated still exist |
| Amendment 10 | any powers not given to the federal government are left to the states or individuals |
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