Unit 2 EOC Vocabulary Review

one of the world’s oldest “codes of law” written by a Mesopotamian king

• petition of right

• code of hammurabi

• magna carta

• mayflower compact

first Roman laws put in writing that guaranteed equal treatment under the law

• twelve tables

• code of hammurabi

• common sense

• mayflower compact

document guaranteeing English civil liberties after King John imprisoned people without cause

• twelve tables

• magna carta

• common sense

• petition of right

document reasserting the rights of English citizens after King Charles violated the Magna Carta

• twelve tables

• mayflower compact

• code of hammurabi

• petition of right

first governing document of Plymouth Colony in North America

• twelve tables

• mayflower compact

• english bill of rights

• code of hammurabi

document that guaranteed several civil rights and liberties to the people

• common sense

• mayflower compact

• english bill of rights

• magna carta

political pamphlet that convinced many colonists to support independence from the British gov’t

• common sense

• declaration of independence

• english bill of rights

• twelve tables

announced that the 13 colonies no longer considered themselves as part of the British empire

• common sense

• declaration of independence

• magna carta

• english bill of rights

a theory of gov’t that emphasizes the participation of citizens for the common good

• republicanism

• popular sovereignty

• federalism

• direct democracy

founding principle in a democracy that the power of the gov’t comes from the people

• republicanism

• due process of law

• popular sovereignty

• rule of law