| A | B |
|---|
| monarch | king or queen |
| Magna Carta | document signed in 1215 that limited the power of the monarch and upheld the right of the nobles |
| legislature | law- making body |
| Parliament | England's law-making body |
| Glorious Revolution | peaceful transfer of power where no ruler is more powerful than the monarch |
| precedent | ruling in an earlier case that is similar |
| common law | law based upon custom and precedent |
| John Locke | said that people were born with natural rights |
| Baron de Montesquieu | developed the idea dividing government into branches |
| VA House of Burgess | first representative democracy |
| Mayflower Compact | example of a direct democracy |
