SS.7.C.1.2

an official agreement made by two or more parties

• English Bill of Rights

• compact

• due process

• self-government

a pamphlet published by Thomas Paine in 1776 to convince the American colonists to support becoming independent from England

• English Bill of Rights

• Mayflower Compact

• Common Sense

• self-government

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

• due process

• compact

• Mayflower Compact

• rights

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

• Magna Carta

• Preamble

• Common Sense

• English Bill of Rights

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

• English Bill of Rights

• Magna Carta

• Mayflower Compact

• Common Sense

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

• Mayflower Compact

• limited government

• English Bill of Rights

• compact

the introduction to the U.S. Constitution

• self-government

• due process

• rule of law

• Preamble

a set of things that people believe they should be free to do

• rule of law

• rights

• due process

• compact

the idea that those who govern must follow the laws; no one is above the law

• limited government

• due pro

• rule of law

• self-government

popular or representative system where the people create and run their own government

• self-government

• Mayflower Compact

• limited government

• compact