| Term | Definition |
|---|
| The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people. | A right cannot be taken away from a person simply because the Constitution does not mention it. |
| A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed. | People have the right to own and carry guns |
| Freedom of Speech, Freedom of the Press, Freedom of Assembly and Petition, Freedom of Religion | 1st Amendment |
| 2nd Amendment | right to bear arms |
| wish of God | nation shall be equal to all others on earth |
| unalienable rights | rights that cannot be taken away |
| What is the Enlightenment? | a movement of thinkers who believed that science could explain everything in nature. |
| metaphysical | beyond physical |
| Enlightenment Thinkers | Aristotle, Queen Elizabeth I, Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, King Louis XIV, Baron de Montesquieu, Plato, Rousseau, Mar Wollstonecraft |
| What encouraged people to use science to explore nature and to question what they had always accepted without questioning? | The Enlightenment |
| When one person sues another for more than $20, the accused has the right to a jury trial. | 7th Amendment |
| 10th Amendment | The powers not given by the Constitution to the United States government belong to the states and to the people. |
| Galileo | discovered that many moons surrounded Jupiter |
| negative side of the Enlightenment | atheists |
| No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law. | 3rd Amendment |
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