| A | B |
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| Petition of Right 1628 | Sent to King Charles I from Parliament. Demanded protection from quartering of troops and marshal law. |
| Magna Carta | English barons demanded rights from King John in 1215 including freedom from arbitrary rule, due process of law, trial by jury, right to own private property. |
| Due Process of Law | the government must treat citizens fairly and use fair procedures. |
| English Bill of Rights 1689 | Document that gave England a government based on a system of laws and a freely elected parliament. tection of added to the Magna Carta and Petition of Right trial by jury, no cruel and unusual punishment, the right to bear arms and the right to petition the government. |
| Feudalism | A political and social system during the Middle Ages; nobles are granted the use of lands that legally belong to their king, in exchange for their loyalty, military service, and protection of the people who live on the land. Most people had no rights |
| Divine Right Theory | Those of royal birth have a God given right to rule. The enlightenment writers "natural rights" theory refuted this |
| Oligarchy | Government in which the power to rule is held by a small, usually self-appionted elite. |
| Athens | Direct democracy |
| Rome | Indirect democracy/representative democracy/republic |
| US congress | Representative democracy |
