Colonial Influences Vocabulary 2023-24

a pamphlet published by Thomas Paine in 1776 to convince the American colonists to support becoming independent from England

• Common Sense

• Magna Carta

• due process

• English Bill of Rights

an official agreement made by two or more parties

• Common Sense

• Compact

• Magna Carta

• U.S. Constitution

the right of people accused of crimes to have laws that treat them fairly, so that they cannot lose their life or freedom without having their legal rights protected

• plead the 5th

• rights

• due process

• Preamble

a government document that expanded the powers of the English Parliament and expanded the rights of the people, as well as further limited the rights of the king; written by the members of the English Parliament in 1689

• U.S. Constitution

• Mayflower Compact

• Magna Carta

• English Bill of Rights

a government that has been limited in power by a constitution, or written agreement

• rights

• constitution

• limited government

• rule of law

a system of government in which the king or queen shares authority with an elected legislature and agrees to be bound by a constitution or a set of laws, also known as a constitutional monarchy

• limited government

• limited monarchy

• Magna Carta

• Common Sense

a government document that limited the power of the king of England and protected the rights of the nobility; written by the English nobles in 1215

• Magna Carta

• English Bill of Rights

• Due Process

• Declaration of Independence

an agreement between individuals that created a government that would provide order and protect the rights of the colonists; written by a group of English Puritans in Massachusetts in 1620

self-government

• Magna Carta

• Rule of Law

• Mayflower Compact

• U.S. Constitution

Which idea is from the Magna Carta?

• people have the right to replace the government

• the government should give people a fair and speedy trial

• people should support a strong central governmenbt

• the government should have a separation of powers

a set of things that people believe they should be free to do

• rights

• separation of powers

• rule of law

• natural law