Chapter 3 Flashcards
greatest influence on the development of English law and government
Bible
translated the Scriptures into the English Language
John Wycliffe
William Tyndale
non-codified form of law based on long-accepted customs and traditions
common law
prefaced his edition of the English law code with the Ten Commandments
Alfred the Great
father of common law
Henry de Bracton
wrote the Institutes of Common Law
Sir Edward Coke
a man is judged guilty or not by a group of peers
trial by jury
a man’s innocence was determined by his surviving some dangerous ritual
trial by ordeal
where a man fought his accuser in order to determine guilt or innocence
trial by combat
a council of wise men who aided the king in making important decisions
witan
King Charles’ consent to the Magna Carta
1265
who further developed representative government when he convened the MODEL PARLIAMENT in “1295”
Edward I
the upper house made up of the nobility and clergy
House of Lords
the lower house made up of the representatives of the common people
House of Commons
called the Great Charter on June 15, “1215”
Magna Carta
reaffirmed certain English liberties
Petition of Rights
the colony was a part of the king’s domain and was directly under his control
royal
the king had granted land to one of his subjects, a proprietor
proprietary
where the people of the certain colonies ruled by themselves
self-governing
a document issued by the crown which established the relationship between the king and his usbjects
charter
who wanted to bring change in political affairs in England and in the colonies
George III
under the authority of the king; they were not under the authority of Parliament
stamp act congress
protesting the stamp tax and other British regulation which the colonists felt were illegal
Declaration of rights and grievances
seen as a threat to colonial liberty
intolerable acts
pledged the loyalty of the colonists to the crown but protested Parliamentary interference with American rights
First continental congress
Americas first central government
Second continental congress
cut off trade between the colonies and England and also officially removed the colonies from the King’s Protection
prohibitory act
