Main concepts discussed: Roles of the citizen
‘Citizenship is the status of a person recognized under the custom or law as being a member of a state. A person may have multiple citizenships and a person who does not have citizenship of any state is said to be stateless’ (Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 14 Dec. 2015.)
A citizen of the united states lives under the law of the united states. So they have to follow the rules; the law of America (if there in the United states, otherwise they have to follow the law of the country they are in at that moment). In the united states there is a democracy. So that means that the citizens have a say in the government. In other words The power of the government is is vested in the people. They …show more content…
They obvious vote for the person who has, according to them, the best ideas for the country. So the roles for the citizens in the American Democracy are following the law and voting for their state government and the national government. I have talked about the roles of the citizen, but what is citizenship actually? I already gave the real definition of citizenship in the intro. What it basically means is that a person “a membership in a state” got. If you do not have a citizenship You got a citizenship in the United states if, you are born here, when one of your parents are born here, when your parents are in the armed forces. Of course you also can get a citizenship if you are not under one of these points. To get a citizenship you have to go to the United States embassy in your country and apply for a citizenship. They have to talk to you and get to know why you want a citizenship. Most of the time it is for work. If people get a citizenship to the Unites states they have, like all the other citizens, rights. The rights of the citizens are written down in the constitution. Because the united states …show more content…
To begin with, they have to respect the law. Citizens have to show respect and have to follow the law. They may disagree with something, but it is important that they show/discus this peaceful. Not only the law, but it is important that citizens respect the rights of others too. Everybody thinks different and it is important that people have respect for that. Otherwise it would be a big mess. Leave people and their opinions in the way it is. If citizens do that they are taking part in civic life in a good way. Other ways citizens can take part in civic life are: having a job. Citizens have to work to get money, and if they have money they buy stuff from other people, then these people get money. Eventually “everybody works for each other” that is what keeps this democracy running. Citizens can also get jobs in the government, in that way their are people who make decisions for the United
‘Citizenship is the status of a person recognized under the custom or law as being a member of a state. A person may have multiple citizenships and a person who does not have citizenship of any state is said to be stateless’ (Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 14 Dec. 2015.)
A citizen of the united states lives under the law of the united states. So they have to follow the rules; the law of America (if there in the United states, otherwise they have to follow the law of the country they are in at that moment). In the united states there is a democracy. So that means that the citizens have a say in the government. In other words The power of the government is is vested in the people. They …show more content…
They obvious vote for the person who has, according to them, the best ideas for the country. So the roles for the citizens in the American Democracy are following the law and voting for their state government and the national government. I have talked about the roles of the citizen, but what is citizenship actually? I already gave the real definition of citizenship in the intro. What it basically means is that a person “a membership in a state” got. If you do not have a citizenship You got a citizenship in the United states if, you are born here, when one of your parents are born here, when your parents are in the armed forces. Of course you also can get a citizenship if you are not under one of these points. To get a citizenship you have to go to the United States embassy in your country and apply for a citizenship. They have to talk to you and get to know why you want a citizenship. Most of the time it is for work. If people get a citizenship to the Unites states they have, like all the other citizens, rights. The rights of the citizens are written down in the constitution. Because the united states …show more content…
To begin with, they have to respect the law. Citizens have to show respect and have to follow the law. They may disagree with something, but it is important that they show/discus this peaceful. Not only the law, but it is important that citizens respect the rights of others too. Everybody thinks different and it is important that people have respect for that. Otherwise it would be a big mess. Leave people and their opinions in the way it is. If citizens do that they are taking part in civic life in a good way. Other ways citizens can take part in civic life are: having a job. Citizens have to work to get money, and if they have money they buy stuff from other people, then these people get money. Eventually “everybody works for each other” that is what keeps this democracy running. Citizens can also get jobs in the government, in that way their are people who make decisions for the United