| A | B |
|---|
| feudalism | system of gov't with three social classes |
| royalty | highest rank in the feudal system |
| nobility | middle rank in the feudal system |
| commoners & serfs | lowest rank in the feudal system |
| Magna Carta | "Great Charter" in which the King would protect nobles' rights |
| Parliament | British lawmakers, divided into two houses |
| House of Lords | Representatives of the Nobles |
| House of Commons | Representatives of people who were not nobles |
| English Bill of Rights | list of protections that further limited the king's power |
| Monarch | Another name for a king |
| Glorious Revolution | The time when the Parliament became more powerful than the King |
| Constitutional Government | What the colonists brought with them to the colonies after 1689 |
