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| a great charter signed in 1215 by King John by demand of the Barons, contained rights such as trial by jury, rights to land holders etc.. | Magna Carta |
| English/British Legislature, | Parliament |
| a type of law based on precedent | Common Law |
| an agreement to create a form of government (direct democracy) for Plymouth | Mayflower Compact |
| First representative assembly in the New World | House of Burgesses |
| meetings were members of a community can voice opinions or vote | Town Meetings |
| an agreement among all people of society to give up part of their freedom to a govt. for protection of their natural rights by the govt. | Social Contract Theory |
| humans have rights in a "state of nature" and create govt. to protect those rights | Natural Rights |
| the good of the community | Common Good |
| a kind of govt. where it promotes the common welfare instead of the interests of one class. | Classical Republicanism |
| an assembly of delegates in Philiadelphia who decided to petition the King for restoration of their rights | First Continental Congress |
| an assembly in Phileadelphia the declared Independence from Britain | Second Continental Congress |
| a series of laws that developed into a constitution adopted in 1639 | Fundamental Orders of Connecticut |
| passed in 1689 acts passed by Parliament which limited the power of the monarch, est. Parliament as the most powerful branch of English govt. | English Bill of Rights |
| a natural rights philosophy, a system restricted to protecting natural rights and that does not interfere with other aspects of life | Limited Government |
| a representative form of government where the people elect representatives | Republic |
