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History-Civics

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They move from one country to another Immigrants
What percentage of Americans have families from another country? 98%
What are blue collar workers? labor jobs
What are white collar workers? office jobs
What type of religion do Americans have? Diverse beliefs
Idea that gov. gets power from its people popular sovernity
What is civics? study of rights and duties of citizens
Where did the idea of citizenship originate? Greece and Rome
any person born in the USA or Colombia Natural born citizen
legal process to become a citizen naturalized citizen
What are 3 ways Americans can lose their citizenship? Expiration, denaturalization, conviction of certain crimes
Who has the ability to take away citizenship in the US? Federal Gov
what is a refugee? person fleeing his or her country
Where did direct democracy start? Athens
where did representative democracy start? Rome
What was the magna carta? limited the kings power
What year was the magna carta written? 1215
what was the English bill of rights? Gave rights to the English, helped influence the US bill of rights
What was the first settlement in North America? Jamestown
What was the Mayflower compact? agreement of laws for the colony
What were Thomas Hobbes beliefs? people agreed to be ruled because their ruler pledged to protect their rights
What was John Lockes beliefs? people are born with rights that cant be taken away
What were some of the reasons people wanted to settle in North America? economic, political, and religious reasons
who were the Puritans? created Massachusetts Bay colony
Why were the colonists having issues with Great Britian? kept passing taxes and laws
What was the First and Second Continental congress? group of colonists that met to give America independence.
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