Vocabulary Words 1
Human rights that cannot be taken away or violated, either by the individual or by the government
Unalienable Rights.
People of royal blood or status.
Royalty
It was written in 1689.
The English Bill of Rights.
A set of things that, people believe they should be free to do without restrictions.
Individual Rights.
The type of government run by a king or someone with royalty.
Monarchy
The highest legislature in the United Kingdom, consisting of sovereign, the House of Lords, and the House of Commons.
Parliament
It limited the power of the king.
Magna Carta.
It was written in the 1720s.
Cato's Letters.
The power of government is limited by the Constitution, and each branch is limited in what it can do.
Limited Government
A set of things that people believe they should be free to do without restrictions.
Individual Rights.
A form of government in which policies and laws are decided by a majority of all those eligible rather than by a body of elected representatives.
Direct Democracy.
Name of the ship that the Pilgrims left England.
Mayflower.
It was written in 1776.
Common Sense
No person shall...be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law”
Due Process!
He published Common Sense.
Thomas Paine
The quality of being noble in character, mind, birth, or rank.
Nobility.
System in which people were given land and protection by people of higher rank, and worked and fought for them in return.
Feudal System.
Influential document that was written in 1620.
Mayflower Compact.
Government of a country by its own people, especially after having been a colony.
Self-government.
Meaning power is divided between a central authority and regional entities like states, with each level having distinct responsibilities within the same territory
Federalism.
Was written in 1215.
Magna Carta
Everyone must follow the set of laws.
Rule of law.
The Mayflower Compact established which kind of government.
Self-government.