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| you can help decide the outcome of your student government by voting in school elections |
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| a good citizen should accept the results of an election |
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| a legal member of a community that obeys laws, votes in elections, and pays taxes |
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| first African American to serve in the US Supreme Court;beleived in equality and justice |
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| beleived that all peoples rights should be protect and in time they where |
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| Ten amendments added to the US Constitution protecting peoples rights |
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| was chosen to design the plans for Washington DC |
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| King John of England did not agree with the ideas of the US Consititution |
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| Declaration of Independence |
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| states the colonies where free and no longer a part of England, signed in 1776 |
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| stated the colonists themselves could make laws |
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| a new plan of government for the US written in 1787, many ideas of Magna Carta can be found here |
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| a government that is run by the citizens that live under it. example, Ancient Greece |
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| the outside of the building similar designs in Greece and Washington DC |
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| people long ago created communities to have a safe place to live, work, play an dwhere the laws would be fair. example: Ancient Greece |
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| a government in which citizens elect representatives to speek for them, example: the US Government |
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| you can improve your community by volunteering, example: feeding the hungry |
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