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19 Cards in this Set
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common law
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customs and principles established over time |
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Magna Carta
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the major source of traditional English respect for individual rights and liberties |
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due process of law
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the right to have the law work in known, orderly ways |
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Parliament
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England's national legislature |
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divine right |
the belief that a king's power came from God |
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Glorious Revolution |
a turning point in English constitutional history
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constitutional monarchy |
government in which the powers of the ruler are restricted by the constitution and the laws of the country |
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bill of rights |
a formal summary of the rights and liberties believed essential to the people |
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Enlightenment |
an intellectual movement that stressed reason and thought and the power of individuals to solve problems |
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social contract |
agreement among members of society |
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natural rights
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all human beings by nature had the right to life, liberty, and property |
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separation of powers |
government is divided into three separate branches |
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representative government |
a government in which citizens elect representatives to make laws an policies for them |
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federal system
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the powers of government are divided between the federal (or central) government and the states (or local) governments |
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John Locke |
philosopher who believed all people are born with the right to life, liberty and property |
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philosophes |
social critics in France during the mid-1700s |
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Voltaire |
philosopher who published more than 70 books of political essays, philosophy, and drama |
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Montesquieu |
influential French writer that devoted himself to the study of political liberty |
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Rousseau |
philosopher who was passionately committed to individual freedom |
