Unit 2 VOCAB Influential People/Historical Documents

A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1776 that called for the United States to declare independence from Britain immediately.

• English Bill of Rights

• Cato's Letters

• Declaration of Independence

• Common Sense

The liberty of an individual to exercise freely those rights generally accepted as being outside of governmental control is called _________________________________.

• Individual Liberties

• Self Government

• Limited Monarchy

• Social Contract

A governing or controlling body whose power exists only within pre-defined limits that are established by a constitution is called ___________________.

• Individual Rights

• Limited Government

• Self Government

• Separation of Power

A government in which a monarch agrees to share power with a parliament and abide by a constitution is called ______________________.

• Self Government

• Social Contract

• Limited Monarchy

• Natural Law

Passed by the Parliament of Great Britain in 1689 that declared the rights and liberties of the people

• Magna Carta

• English Bill of Rights

• Cato's Letters

• Natural Law

A document in 1215 that limited the King's power and also guaranteed rights and privileges to the people.

• Magna Carta

• English Bill of Rights

• Natural Law

• Social Contract

A system of rights or justice held to be common to all humans and derived from nature rather than from the rules of society.

• Natural Rights

• English Bill of Rights

• Natural Laws

• Social Contract

Prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair is called _________________________________.

• limited government

• bias

• propaganda

• rule law

An agreement reached by the Pilgrims on their ship in 1620, just before they landed at Plymouth Rock. This document was the first example of self-government in north America and bound them to live in a civil society according to their own laws.

• Social Contract

• English Bill of Rights

• Mayflower Compact

• Cato's Letters

Information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view is called ______________.

• Individual Rights

• Natural Rights

• Propaganda

• Bias