| A | B |
| Constitutional Monarchy | Form of government in which the monarch is held in check by a written constitution. |
| Just Price Doctrine | The "just" price at which every good should be sold. |
| Sumptuary Laws | Laws regulating personal behavior on moral or religious grounds; everyone must "toe the mark" |
| State of Nature | hypothetical condition assumed to exist in the absence of government |
| Legal Privileges | For example, some had legal privilege of wearing powdered wigs and some did not. |
| Feudal Rents or Dues | Yearly rents and other obligations owed to titled noblemen or the crown by landholders and tenants. |
| Proprietary Colonies | Royal grants of land to individuals or groups who then retained discretionary authority over the designated region, i.e. Maryland and Pennsylvania |
| Republicanism | for the people, by the people |
| Liberty | individual freedom |
| Opportunity | equality, mobility, and prosperity |
| Order | founded on virtue (classical, civic, and heroic) and a rule of law premised on natural rights |
| Good Society | Government for benefit of people, not rulers; real & practical freedom for individual; expanding economic opportunity; virtuous citizenry; rule of law |