Unit 2 vocab

A written legal agreement signed in 1215 by King John that

limited the English monarch’s power, effectively ending the

absolute monarchy and offering protections to the people.

• Petition of Right

• “Common Sense”

• English Bill of

  Rights

• Magna Carta

A constitutional document in England, signed in 1628 by King Charles I that laid out specific protections against the state

• English Bill of

  Rights

• Petition of Right

• Magna Carta

• Virginia

  Declaration of

  Rights

Act signed in 1689 signed by King William III and Queen Mary II which outlined specific constitutional and civil rights, and which gave the parliament power of the monarchy.

• Virginia

  Declaration of

  Rights

• English Bill of

  Rights

• Social Contract

• Natural Laws

An agreement by which people give up freedoms to a leader who can ensure protection of their rights

• Petition of Right

• Mayflower

  Compact

• Social Contract

• Declaration of

  Independence

Unchanging moral principles and rights, such as Locke’s “life, liberty, and property”

• Natural Laws

• Checks and

  Balances

• “Common Sense”

• Declaration of

  Independence

A system of government that separated government power and then creating “checks” in the system to ensures one branch of government does not gain too much power

• Mayflower

  Compact

• Virginia

  Declaration of

  Rights

• Petition of Right

• Checks and

  Balances

A formal document written by the passengers of the Mayflower upon landing in North America that outlined the governing system of the Plymouth colony.

• Social Contract

• Mayflower

  Compact

• Checks and

  Balances

• English Bill of

  Rights

A pamphlet published by Thomas Payne in 1775 or 1776 that advocated for the independence of the American colonists from Great Britain

• “Common Sense”

• Natural Laws

• Magna Carta

• Mayflower

  Compact

A document drafted in 1776 by George Mason that declared the inherent rights of man, and became the basis for the Declaration of Independence

• Virginia

  Declaration of

  Rights

• “Common Sense”

• English Bill of

  Rights

• Magna Carta

Document written in 1776 by Thomas Jefferson that declared the American colonists’ intention to break away from British rule

• Mayflower

  Compact

• English Bill of

  Rights

• Declaration of

  Independence

• Petition of Right