Civics Test-Ch. 2

Cultural movement in England that inspired the ideas behind American government.

• Magna Carta

• Enlightenment

• Parliament

• Social Contract

Document created in 1215 that limited the power of the English king.

• Social Contract

• Parliament

• Mayflower Compact

• Magna Carta

Lawmaking body in England that sought out to limit the power of the king.

• Magna Carta

• Parliament

• Social Contract

• Continental Congress

Granted British citizens with the right to a fair trial and freedom from cruel and unusual punishment.

• Precedent

• Common Law

• Magna Carta

• English Bill of Rights

General rules people followed based on court decisions.

• Magna Carta

• Social Contract

• Common Law

• Bill of rights

The idea that people had life, liberty and property and that the government could not take it away

• Natural Rights

• Common Law

• Precedent

• Bill of rights

The unwritten agreement between the government and its people.

• Natural rights

• Common law

• Social Contract

• Natural Law

Came up with the theory of natural rights and the social contract.

• Locke

• Rousseau

• Montesquieu

Believed people alone should decide how they should be governed.

• Locke

• Rousseau

• Montesquieu

Came up with the idea of a separation of powers.

• Locke

• Rousseau

• Montesquieu