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| laws | are rules that everyone must follow. |
| schools, communties, states,and countries all have laws to protect their. | rights |
| responsibilty | to obey the law. |
| government | is a group of people who makes laws, enforces the laws, and punishes people who break the laws. government also provides services. |
| mayor | is the leader of a community. |
| county council | is the group of people who makes laws for a community. |
| tax | is money collected from the people to pay for government services. for example when something is paid for by taxes it will have the name goochland in it or on it. |
| governor | is the leader of a state. |
| general assembly | makes the laws for a state. |
| the city that these leaders work in is the. | state capital |
| the building that these leaders work in is called the. | capitol |
| election | is the way leaders are chosen in our country. |
| vote | what do we do to choose a leader. |
| ballot | lists all the peoplo who want to be leaders. |
| the people who want to be leaders are. | candidates |
| there are several rules to being able to vote they are. | 1. you must be a citzen, 2. you must be 18 years old. 3. only by secret ballot 4. can only vote once. |
| the leader of the united states is the. | president |
| the president lives in the. | white house ( which is in washington d.c.) |
| congress | makes the laws for the nation. |
| Congress meets in the. | Captial Building |
| the people in each state that are elected to go speak to Congress are our. | representatives |
| direct democracy | where all people vote on laws. |
| representative democracy | we pick representative to vote on laws. |
| Supreme Court | is the highest court in the nation. ( there are nine judges in the Supreme Court.) |
| Thurgood Marshall | was the first African American on the Supreme Court. |
| Sandara Day O'Conner | was the first woman on the Supreme Court. |
| right | is something that all hunans beings deserve. |
| Unalienable Rights | 1.no one can take your life ,2 liberty no one can take away your freedoms 3. pursuit of happpiness no one can keep you from following your dreams (no one can tell you who you can marry, what your has to be or where to live. |
| unity | because we all believe in the same ideas of rights and equality. |
| reponsibility | ld do. (like your chores). |
| Citizenship | is the way the members of a group use their rights and carry out their responsiblites. |
| Immigrants | are people who come from other coutries to our country. |
| our country was first owned by . | England |
| what was written to tell us about the three branches of our new government. | Constitution |
| what is the promise to be loyal to our country and our flag. | Pledge of Allegiance |
| our national anthem is the. | Star- Spangled Banner |
| what is our national bird. | Bald eagle |
| Columbus Day | we remember that Christopher Columbus sailed from West to Spain to get to the Eastern side of the earth. (he landed in on an island in the Bahamas called San Salvador on October 12, 1492). |
| Veterans Day | we remember all the people who have served our country and fought for freedom in wars. |
| Thanksgiving | we remember that the Pilgrims came from England so that they could worship God freely. they came in 1620 on a ship callled the Mayflower. |
| Martin Luther King jr. Day | we remember how African Americans gained their civil rights. African Americans did not have the same rights as other people. |
| Presidents Day | we remember two famous presidents who had birthday's in February. (George Washington, who was the first president of our country and the president who has a birthdy i February is Abraham Lincoln who was our 16 president. |
| Memorial Day | we remember the U.S. soilders who have died in battle. |
| Indepedence Day | July 4,1776 is when we declared our Independence. (it's known as the Birthday of our country). |
| Executive leader of our community are the. | Mayor and Sheriff |
| Executive leader of our state is the. | Governor |
| Executive leader of our nation is the. | President |
| Legislative (Laws)for the community is the. | County Council |
| Legislative (laws) for the state is the. | General Assembly |
| Legislative (Laws)for our nation is the. | Congress |
| Judicial (Courts)for our community is the. | County Court |
| Judicial (Courts) for our state is the. | State Court |
| Judicial (courts)for our nation is the. | Supreme Court |
| Delclaration of Indepence | was written by Thomas Jefferson so our country would be free from England. |
| we have this in our country because people from so many places live here. | Diversity |
| Delclaration of indepedence | say's that God has given us three Unalienable rights. |
