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1 8th Grade Study On! Being a good Citizen

2 Citizenship Citizen (General Definition) an officially recognized member of a state (country)

3 Citizen (Constitutional Definition) “A person born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside”

4 Responsibilities "If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be." ---Thomas Jefferson (1816)

5 Freedom & Responsibilities Those with great freedom have great responsibility Giving up responsibility is giving up freedom

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