T4, L2: Ideas About Government Develop

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The American concept of due process can be traced back to common law practices that were FIRST codified in the

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Magna Carta

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The idea that people have the right to fair and reasonable laws, and that the government leaders and officials have to follow rules when enforcing laws and treat all people in the same way.

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Due Process

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A government document that expanded the powers of the English Parliament and expanded the rights of the people, as well as further limited the rights of the king; written by the members of the English Parliament in 1689

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English Bill of Rights

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The principle that the government has to provide a cause or reason for holding a person in jail

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Habeas Corpus

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A government that has been limited in power by a constitution or written agreement.

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Limited Government

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A government document that limited the power of the king of England and protected the rights of the nobility; written by the English Nobles in 1215.

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Magna Carta

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An agreement between individuals that created a government that would provide order and protect the rights of the colonists; written by a group of English Puritans in Massachusetts in 1620.

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Mayflower Compact

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A concept that those who govern are bound by the laws; no one is above the law.

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Rule of Law

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Popular or representative System where the people create and run their own government.

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Self-government

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Who developed and popularized the concept of "separation of powers"?

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Montesquieu