Unit Vocabulary: CE.2A-D

the idea that a government's legitimacy and moral right to use state power is justified and lawful only when consented to by the people or society over which that political power is exercised.

• Consent of the Governed

• Limited Government

• Rule of Law

• Representative Government

Government is not all-powerful and may do only those things the people have given it the power to do.

• Consent of the Governed

• Limited Government

• Rule of Law

• Representative Government

Everyone, including government officials, must follow the law.

• Consent of the Governed

• Limited Government

• Rule of Law

• Representative Government

the people elect public officeholders to make laws and conduct government on the people’s behalf.

• Consent of the Governed

• Limited Government

• Rule of Law

• Representative Government

Document that established for the first time the principle that everyone including the king was subject to the law, and gave Englishmen basic rights and freedoms.

• Charters of the Virginia Company of London

• Virginia Declaration of Rights

• Magna Carta

• Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

Documents that guaranteed the rights of Englishmen to the colonists.

• Charters of the Virginia Company of London

• Virginia Declaration of Rights

• Magna Carta

• Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

A legal document that served as a model for the Bill of Rights.

• Charters of the Virginia Company of London

• Virginia Declaration of Rights

• Magna Carta

• Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

A document that stated freedom of religious beliefs and opinions.

• Charters of the Virginia Company of London

• Virginia Declaration of Rights

• Magna Carta

• Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

A document that stated grievances against the king of Great Britain, declared the colonies’ independence from Great Britain, affirmed “certain unalienable rights”, and affirmed the idea that all people are created equal.

• Articles of Confederation

• Declaration of Independence

• U.S. Constitution

• Bill of Rights

A document that established the first form of national government for the independent states, maintained that major powers resided with individual states, created weak central government, and led to the writing of the Constitution

• Articles of Confederation

• Declaration of Independence

• U.S. Constitution

• Bill of Rights