Unit 2 Magna Carta, Petition of Rights, and E. Bill of Rights,

An agreement by which people give up some freedom for an organized society.

• English Bill of Rights

• Checks & Balances

• Social Contract

• Virginia Declaration of Rights

No one is above the law is also known as

• Rule of Law

• Individual Worth

• Necessary Gov't Overthrow

• Popular Sovereighty

In history, the Magna Carta (1215) and English Bill of Rights (1689) both reinforced the concept of

• Universal suffrage.

• limited government.

• religious toleration.
  

• a laissez-faire economy.

One of the main ideas to come from the Magna Carta was......

• That the king had to obey the same laws as the people

• The rulers were given their power by God
  

• That the English people had freedom of religion

• That the king was the only one to hold power

The Pilgrims created the Mayflower Compact in order to-

• establish an orderly community
  

• show that they opposed representative

  government

• reinforce the laws of England in the new colony

• guarantee universal religious tolerance in the colony

Document signed by Charles I of England that further limited the powers of the English monarch.

• Social Contract
  

• Virginia Declaration of Rights
  

• Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom

• Petition of Right

Originally, the _______ was created to limit the King’s power to enact laws, raise taxes, or keep an army.

• Petition of Right
  

• Declaration of Independence

• Magna Carta
  

• English Bill of Rights

This allowed Parliament the right to approve taxes

• Petition of Right
  

• Declaration of Independence

• Magna Carta
  

• English Bill of Rights

Individual's person political ideas are influenced by family and friends

• 1. BELIEFS & IDEALS

• 1. CONFLICT RESOLUTION

• 1. DISTRIBUTION OF POWER

• 1. CONFLICT & CHANGE

Document signed in 1689 that guaranteed the rights of English Citizens.

• 1. Checks & Balances

• 1. Virginia Declaration of Rights

• 1. Virginia Statute of Religious Freddom

• 1. Petition of Right