| A | B |
| Private Domain | The area of a person’s life that is not the business of the government. |
| State of Nature | The imaginary situation of people living without government and laws. |
| Social Contract | The agreement among all people in a society to give up part of their freedom in return for the protection of their natural rights. |
| Natural Rights | idea that all people are entitled to life, liberty and property because they are humans. |
| Locke | He wrote about natural rights and the purpose of government was to protect those rights. |
| Feudal System | A system of government in which the monarch shared power with the noblity who recieved services from the common people. |
| Magna Carta | A contract betweent King John and hos nobles that established the king must obey the laws and protect the rights of certain people. |
| Establishment of Parliment | A council that advised the king. It was an example of representative government and separation of powers. |
| English Bill of Rights | Limited the power of the monarch. Gave certain rights to Englishmen. |