| A | B |
|---|
| natural rights | right to life, liberty, and property |
| state of nature | no laws and no government |
| consent | agreement |
| social compact | an agreement of people to give up freedoms for more security |
| government | the way political power is organized |
| republic | government where the power is with the people and they elect leaders |
| aristocrats | a person born into the noble high-ranking class of society |
| direct democracy | laws are made directly by the citizens |
| common welfare | the good of the community as a whole |
| civic virtue | when citizens to something for the community instead of themselves |
| Magna Carta | an agreement that limited the rights of the monarch |
| representative democracy | system where the people elect officials to govern for them |
| Parliament | The British legislature |
| English Bill of Rights | a document that gave all English citizens rights |
| separation of powers | dividing government among branches |
| monarchy | all or most of the power is in the hands of a king |
| dictatorship | government controlled by one person |
| democracy | government where the power is shared by all |
| constitution | a written plan of government |
| balanced government | no single group of people dominate the governance |
| divine right of kings | God chooses the monarch |
| sovereignty | the highest degree of political authority |
| popular sovereignty | the people consent to be governed |
