| A | B |
|---|
| limited government | Govt. is limited in what they can do. Each individual has rights which the govt. cannot take away. |
| representative government | System of govt. in which a small group of persons are chosen by the people to act as their representatives. |
| Magna Carta | The Great Charter. |
| Petition of Right | Challenged the idea of the divine right of kings, declaring in 1628 in England that even a monarch mustobey the law of the land. |
| English Bill of Rights | Created to prevent the abuse of power by English monarchs. |
| charter | A written grant of authority from the king. |
| bicameral | Two house legislature. |
| unicameral | One house legislature. |
| Albany Plan of Union | Plan aimed at uniting the 13 colonies (never created). |
| boycott | Refusal to buy or sell an opponent's goods. |
| constituents | All persons represented by alegislator or other elected officeholder. |
| popular sovereignty | Basic principle that the people are the only source of any & all governmental power. Govt. must be conducted w/ the consent of the governed. |
| ratification | Formal approval, final consent to teh effectiveness of a constitution, constitutional amendments, or treaty. |
| Articles of Confederation | Document by which the 1st U.S govt. was established after the American Revolution. |
